Because lilo doesn't have a clue about lvm, so it cannot properly store the location of your kernel in your boot record if /boot is also in lvm (like in your setup). That is why the lvm howto tells you you must have /boot on a separate (dos) partition (eg hda1). > > > Hello all, > > again a little question. i have currently the following configuration: > > # fdisk -l /dev/hda > /dev/hda1 1 1115 8e Linux LVM > > /dev/hda1 => rootvg > > rootvg > /dev/rootvg/root / > /dev/rootvg/usr /usr > /dev/rootvg/boot /boot > > Why this configuration is so bad? Is it better to leave the /boot on an > "normal" ext2 filesystem? But, what files need the kernel from /boot to > bootup the system correctly? I think the kernel will be stored in the > master boot record with lilo? > And all files from /boot are accessable, after the ramdisk was loaded. > > Btw. linux boot up succesfull, on my other system, where the /boot is on > an logival volume. > > Any hints? > > Thx > Thorsten > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:08:16 -0000 > From: William Blunn <bill@tao-group.com> > Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Rescue cd for lvm 1.0.3 > > > not really a lvm problem, but after moving my system to boot from an > > root-lvm, my lilo stops with the LI error. I think, rewriting the lilo > > could help, but how can I access my system datas? > > "boot from an root-lvm" ... sounds dodgy to me. > > You can have the *root* filesystem "/" on an LVM volume. > > However the *boot* filesystem should be /boot, which should be a small > ext2 partition mounted directly on a partition. > > Bill > -- > William H. Blunn - bill+linuxlvm@tao-group.com > Tao > 62/63 Suttons Business Park, Earley, READING, RG6 1AZ, United Kingdom > Tel: +44 118 901 2999 - Fax: +44 118 901 2963 - http://tao-group.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008 Fax. +31 20 668 3167 "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams _______________________________________________ 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