LDM Tools for dynamic Windows Drives and Volumes

[axel-klick]

Hello

My goal it ist to use 2 HDD. I need one RAID1 partition for Windows and two RAIDs for Gentoo (Oned RAID1 and one RAID0) evertihing with SoftRAID. It will be nice to RW the Windows RAID but if not it is okay...

When i build the Windows Softraid the complete HDD is used. Ther was no "external" space to build partitions for the Linux RAIDs. But there was space but only in the LDM patition.

So i think i need the LDM Kernel option and the LDM Libs and tools.

I installed a fresh AMD64 multilib Gentoo. But emerge did not find the sys-fs/libldm. Looks like a Overlay form jkolo (layman).

How can I install this ldm software ?

Thx for help Axel

PS i am a gentoo beginner but using Linux since Slackware 1.0

[mondrillo]

I know that the message is from a long time ago... despite everything, I put here the steps that have helped me to permanently migrate to gentoo in case it helps someone.

These steps DO NOT help you to have a dual Windows and Linux system like the one you mention.

In my case, in Windows, apart from the operating system disk, I had a distributed Volume made up of two SSD disks with LDM partitions.

These were the steps to get the libldm package:


* How to find out which overlay repository the package is in?

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   # eix-remote update
   # eix-sync
   # eix libldm

[I] sys-fs/libldm [1]
     Available versions:  (~)0.2.5^m
     Installed versions:  0.2.5^m(16:36:41 12/10/23)
     Homepage:            https://github.com/mdbooth/libldm
     Description:         Tool for managing windows's LDM partitions

[1] "pkalin" /var/db/repos/pkalin

* Find id of repository pkalin:

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 # eselect repository list | grep pkalin

 [258] pkalin * (https://github.com/thinrope/pkalin)

* Enable pkalin repository

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 # eselect repository enable pkalin

* Update cache repository pkalin:

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 # emaint sync --repo pkalin

* Pretend install package libldm:

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 # emerge -avp libldm
 

* Autounmask packgage libldm:

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 # emerge -av libldm --autounmask-write --autounmask

* Accept and apply changes in files:

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 # etc-update
 

* Install package libldm:

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 emerge -av libldm

Only if all is OK ! proced to mount de Microsoft Distributed Volume :

A basic usage:

* Create devmapper volume detected:

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 # ldmtool create all
	{
		ldm_vol_PC-Dg0_Volume1
	}

* Create mount point:

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 # mkdir /mnt/ldmwindows

* Mount volume:

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 # mount -t ntfs3 /dev/mapper/ldm_vol_PC-Dg0_Volume1 /mnt/ldmwindows/

Enjoy!

PD.; I don't understand why it hasn't been added to the gentoo base repository if other distributions already have it.

[Moderator edit: added [code] tags to preserve output layout. -Hu]