I have one large partition on which I'd like to run LVM. Unlike RAID, the 2.4.2 kernel which comes with RH 7.1 does not have LVM turned on. I'd like to get it turned on, and include the utilities for the LVM binaries. I want it all to happen during the initial installation. Why? Sometimes the "initial" installation will be a semi-automatic restore from tape onto a system which has lost a disk. I anticipate a lot of files will want to go back onto the LVM-ized partition. I think that I know how to include the LVM binaries: unpack RedHat/base/stage2.img on the first CD, add the binaries, and re-pack stage2.img. More or less, I do: cp .../RedHat/base/stage2.img /tmp/stage2.img cd /tmp mkdir stage2 mount stage2.img stage2 -o loop # Because it is a CD-ROM, stage2 cannot be written to, # so I end up having to do the following: mkdir stage2.copy cd stage2 tar cf - . | (cd /tmp/stage2.copy; tar xf - ) Then I modify the /tmp/stage2.copy hierarchy, and use mkisofs on it to recreate stage2.img, and put stage2.img back into .../RedHat/base . But, I can't get LVM turned on. I tried recompiling a 2.4.2 kernel and including an LVM module in the stage2, but insmod complained about an unresolved symbol when I tried it in the alt-F2 screen during the install. Is there a way to get this to work? Do I need to make a driver disk? Or, do I need to include the entire recompiled kernel and modules in boot.img and stage2.img? vmlinuz goes in boot.img and modules in stage2.img? If so, where does the modules/module-info file in stage2 come from? Thanks, --Seth sethal@xxxxxxxxx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
