On Sep 06, 2001 16:42 +0200, svetljo wrote:
> it probably will hold the kernel also
> and as far i know there is no bootloader which can access logical volume
> am i wrong
Yes, you are wrong. LILO+patch can get a kernel from a logical volume.
Now that Linus has accepted my patch to fix LV_USER_BMAP from causing
an oops I will submit the patch to the LILO maintainer. It can also be
found in the archives for this mailing list (have posted several times).
> dobos_s@IBCnet.hu wrote:
> >My kernel has no modules.
> >Why should I create an ext2 partition for holding an initrd which is not
> >doing any essential things except vgscan and vgchange -ay ?
You don't need vgscan at boot time unless the disks have moved around.
You DO need "vgchange -a y" in order to load the LVM data into the kernel.
If you are running EVMS you don't need that. I think this is also on the
TODO list for the next LVM version.
Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
\ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
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