On Fri, June 1, 2012 7:21 pm, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > How did you install the kernel? The initrd image that's created > by the stock kernel RPM should include the necessary LVM voodoo By installing from the install DVD, then by yum running from the rescue mode of the install DVD. Eventually I got rid of all the other kernels which had been on the machine, and now I have only the kernel from the F17 install (3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64) > 'rpm -q --scripts ' on the kernel version you want to boot. ... > Then, run /sbin/grub2-mkconfig. Thanks for the tips. I tried all you suggest, and I think I have an init ramdisk image with everything needed, it just won't load for some reason. When trying to boot I still end up in the debug shell after getting these messages: dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue dracut Warning: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 does not exist dracut Warning: /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 does not exist I can run "/sbin/modprobe cciss" and the /dev/cciss/* devices show up. I can run "/sbin/lvm_scan" and the /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol?? devices show up. After doing that I ran /init and the system started to boot, but hung at the fedora splash image. Usually hitting escape key at that point will get rid of the image and show the console messages scrolling by, but it does not at this point, which I assume means something hung really hard. Just to be sure the driver load was actually working OK, after the system rebooted again and ended up in the debug shell again, I did the /sbin/modprobe, /sbin/lvm_scan sequence, and mounted /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 and made sure all the files I expected were there. So the question is why does the initrd not do the modprobe and lvm_scan (or the equivalent if that is not literally what happens) on its own? The drivers are obviously there, and I can mount the filesystem after manually loading the drivers, but I don't understand the normal sequence after grub hands over to the kernel and the initramfs image. -- Chris C -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
