On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:35:47 +0300 Jari Ruusu <jariruusu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > exists". My fault, sorry. But I did say that it was completely > untested. I am putting my hand up to be the guinea pig to do the "testing". > > #!/lib/sh > if [ "x$1" != "x-d" ] ; then > /lib/losetup -e AES128 -K /lib/rootkey.gpg > -G /lib /dev/loop5 /dev/hda6 if [ $? = 0 ] ; then > /lib/lvm vgscan --mknodes > # initrd will attempt to mount /dev/loop5, so create fake > entry here /lib/rm /dev/loop5 returns error "/lib/rm: cannot remove '/dev/loop5': Read-only file system". So, initrd is mounted ro, and should be rw? Sorry, suggestion? > /lib/mknod -m 600 /dev/loop5 b ????? ????? Same. Returns error, "/lib/mknod: '/dev/loop5': File exists". > fi > else > # losetup needs loop5 as real loop device node, so create the old > one again /lib/rm /dev/loop5 > /lib/mknod -m 600 /dev/loop5 b 7 5 > /lib/losetup -d /dev/loop5 > fi > > After successfull setup, initrd code will attempt to mount a device > called /dev/loop5 so above script uses /lib/rm to remove /dev/loop5 > device node and then creates new node using same /dev/loop5 name, but > different major+minor. Replace those ????? in above script with > major+minor of the device you want to be mounted as root. If the I would like root to, in turn, be mounted on /dev/loop5. What, I 1 setup /dev/loop5 on the /dev/loop5 that is already in initrd (major=7 and minor=5). 2 rm /dev/loop5 3 mknod /dev/loop5 with fake major and minor, like 4 and 4 respectively? Don't understand this bit. Sorry, you've lost me. > "detach loop" branch of the script is called, it will have to create > the original device /dev/loop5 again, using major=7 minor=5. > > I'm not sure if that --mknodes option for lvm vgscan is needed at > all. You can also try without it. The problem is that if it creates > many device nodes, the tiny initrd may run out of space. I'm not sure either. On one test, with lvm uncommented, the script returned an ugly "Set environment variable LVM_SYSTEM_DIR to alternative location or empty string". I'll get to this later. > > I have ROOTTYPE=ext3 in my build-initrd.sh config. I presume this is ignored because I am using rootsetup? Jari, thank you for your perseverance. Regards Fog_Watch. -- Lose wait. Get Gentoo. - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
