Ed Greshko write: : Dean S. Messing wrote: : > I'm having the devil of a time trying to boot off : > an "LVM-on-RAID0" device. : > : > I've created a software RAID-0, defined a Volume Group on in with : > (currently) a single logical volume, and copied my entire : > installation onto it, modifying the copied fstab to reflect where : > the new "/" is. : > : > I created a new initrd with: : > : > mkinitrd --preload raid0 --with=raid0 initrd_raid.img 2.6.22.5-76-fc7 : > : > Note: the LVM modules are getting included in the initrd "for free" : > because I'm currently running on a non-raid LV-managed file system. : > : > I added a stanza to grub.conf for the new initrd.img. : > : > But the thing won't boot. From the boot messages it appears to not : > be starting the array, so when it goes to scan for LVs it doesn't : > find the one that's sitting on top of the array where root lives. : > : > Are there instructions for how to make this work? I've googled for : > a couple of hours, tried a bunch of stuff, but can't get it to : > work. From what I've read I suspect I must hand-tweek the "init" : > file in the initrd. : > : > Surely there is "a right way" to do this. : : Are you saying that your /boot partition is on LVM? I'm not certain if : things have changed in F7 but previously that was not possible. No. /boot is a separate physical device (i.e. partition) not involved in the LV groups or the RAID0. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
