Description of problem: I was running out of space on my single HD F10 system so I added a second drive. I know how to create a new volume group from the command line but figured this was an opportunity to try the GUI tool. When I initialized the disk as a new volume group it used the whole disk instead of creating a primary partition. I figured that since it did it that way it was OK even though the LVM howto recommends not doing that since other operating systems may view it as free space. I didn't have any issues until I tried to upgrade to F11 (actually I reinstalled as I used the second HD to seperate /home) so my original /boot, /, etc were erased. When I tried to do a custom partition layout in anaconda I found out that it didn't recognize my whole disk VG. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: I'll let you know for F12. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have whole disk VG 2. Boot F11 install DVD 3. Attempt to use existing whole disk LVM. Actual results: Does not recognize whole disk LVM Expected results: system-config-lvm automatically creates a primary partition to utilize for the VG. Additional info:
When using LVM you don't need partition at all and it should be default behaviour. It is possible to create partition and then use it in s-c-lvm. Your problem is anaconda problem - redirecting.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 489991 ***