Hi it should be lvmcreate_initrd --nomod 2.4.8-12mdk and it should create /boot/initrd-lvm-2.4.8-12mdk.gz -- the lvm-initrd IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R wrote: >Mr. Edgecombe: > > Ah, I understand. Yes, I am trying to LVMize my root partition. > > >Very Respectfully, > >Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG >Beverly Hills, California >VTU 1904G (Volunteer Training Unit) >stuart@bh90210.net >west coast: (310)-358-0202 P.O. Box 16043, Beverly Hills, CA 90209-2043 >east coast: (215)-338-6005 P.O. Box 45859, Philadelphia, PA 19149-5859 > >Telecopier: (419)-715-6073 fax to email gateway via www.efax.com (it's free!) > >JOIN THE US NAVY RESERVE, SERVE YOUR COUNTRY, AND BENEFIT FROM IT ALL. > >Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:49 AM > >-----Original Message----- >From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On Behalf Of Jason Edgecombe >Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 6:01 AM >To: linux-lvm@sistina.com >Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM > >you MUST run lvmcreate_initrd and use the initrd it creates if you run >an LVM root fs. > >It doesn't matter if LVM is in the kernel or as a module. If your root >is not in LVM, then I don't think that you have to use initrd. > >Sincerely, >Jason Edgecombe > > >"IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R" wrote: > >> So for LVM, you do need to use the lvmcreate_initrd program or not? I am still not clear on that. >> >> If I need to make an lvmcreate_initrd, does not that mean it cannot be in the kernel? >> > >_______________________________________________ >linux-lvm mailing list >linux-lvm@sistina.com >http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm >read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html >