Since I couldn't find a "feature enhancement request", I'm posting one here - thanks. Description of problem: FC9's LVM setup appears to be too restrictive. When installed in an empty drive, LVM takes up the entire drive, or the final portion of the HD, which makes it difficult to make partitions for other Operating Systems. Note - per FedoraForum, there's an abundant number of people (including yours truly) having difficulty resizing / dealing with LVM. I made an interim solution by making 2 Sofware RAID Partitions; and was able to liberate a portion of my HDD; but the "/" and LVM partitions are separated by that "gap". I'd like to use the 2 Remaining Partitions to install another OS/Distro or two. I submitted a call-for-help in FedoraForums for a workaround; but since this is a Feature request, I've attached present GParted Profile and fdisk dialog below: # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 41.1 GB, 41174138880 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 5005 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x03220322 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 5004 40194598+ 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sdb: 100.2 GB, 100256292864 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12188 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x11a34bcc Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux /dev/sdb4 7956 12188 34001572+ 5 Extended /dev/sdb5 7956 12188 34001541 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/dm-0: 34.8 GB, 34817049600 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4232 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/dm-1: 32.6 GB, 32614907904 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3965 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/dm-2: 2080 MB, 2080374784 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 252 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x30307800 If you need anything else, pls let me know - thanks.
Created attachment 298224 [details] GParted Profile of HDD - LVM shrunk due to RAID Partitions (now deleted)
Reassigning to anaconda - installer is responsible here.
If you customize your partition layout, you can leave as much space as you want. Our defaults are to use the remaining free space that you have available.