On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:03, Paul Jakma <paul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Russell Coker wrote: > > I just tried rebooted that machine. The LVM setup seems mangled and it > > doesn't boot successfully. > > Ah yum. You need to make a copy of the most recent /etc/lvm/archive/ > lvm config (the lvm tools should archive automatically) and delete > the snapshop. (just do a diff between that file and the previous > archived lvm config to see which lines to delete), then vgcfgrestore > the edited sans-snapshot file. > > Though, if your rootfs is on LVM you possibly will have difficulty > completing above[1]. Thanks for the suggestion. However I had already fixed the problem by booting from an install CD and running lvm to remove the unwanted snapshot. > 1. A good reason to not put root on LVM - your rootfs is your primary > rescue partition.. Why would you need LVM for root fs anyway? When I have multiple versions of Fedora on one machine it makes it much easier to use LVM for root. The 16 partitions issue might become a problem otherwise, as well as the label "/" being used. If I can't change sizes of partitions or spread them around I will get fragmentation on my disk and have odd spare gigabytes of disk space. Finally, I work for Red Hat, it's my job to test out new stuff. LVM isn't really my area, but I've already found a couple of SE Linux issues related to LVM that other people might have missed. I probably wouldn't recommend other people use LVM root at this stage. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packages http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page
