Comment 2 for bug 72600

Thanks Stephane,

I went to the GParted project features page http://gparted.sourceforge.net/features.php and ther is no indication of support for Logical Volume Manager(LVM).

A seperate toolset is probably required to detect and work with LVM partitions. If this is the case, then it would be appropriate to have an LVM detection utility when analyzing the partitioning scheme. An advanced option maybe?

I ended up blowing everything away and starting from scratch. Its a great way to learn :-)

I would prefer to use LVM 2 for my linux partitions because it provides more flexability. However, that will have to wait until either GParted supports it or I can figure out how to do it in Ubuntu. Interestingly enough, with my re-install I did see an option that would allow me to use/create an LVM. So, as long as Ubuntu is my first linux install, I may be able to create an LVM from a single linux primary partition. I will try that next time.

In any case, this time I just used the following primary and extended partitions:
[hda0,1] - 1st primary partition is windows. Formatted as FAT32(VFAT) with Logical block Addressing(LBA). Linux can read and write to FAT32 and GRUB works with LBA to boot beyond the 1024 cylinder limitation. Note that older drives do not support LBA.
[hda0,2] - 2nd primary partition is for the shared swap partition which is located at the end of the drive for enhanced performance. This is only true for newer drives.
[hda0,3] - 3rd primary partition is the extended partition.
[hda0,5] - 1st logical partition for the 1st Linux distribution: Ubuntu
[hda0,6] - 2nd logical partition for the 2nd Linux distribution: Fedora Core
[hda0,7] - 3rd logical partition for the 3rd Linux distribution: openSUSE
[hda0,8] - 4th logical partition for FAT32 shared media for all OS's.

I installed winxp first, followed by Ubuntu 6.10. Ubuntu saw all the partitions this time and I was able to install it properly. I installed Fedora core afterwards and it installed fine as well.

The only regret with this install was that I did not create a shared /boot partition. If that was the case I would not have had to manually edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file under Ubuntu. Once I found the "gksudo nautilus" it was a breeze....but before that, trying to figure out how to edit config files under Ubuntu was turning into a nightware =:-O

So I am not sure wether I am supposed to "close" or "complete" this now. Who is responsible for changing the "status"?

Thanks,

Chris