Ok. I ran "mount -o remount,rw/" and I got fix /etc/fstab. The output of my mkinitrd command with -v option was: Using modules: ./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o ./kernel/drivers/scsi/ips.o ./kernel/drivers/md/lvm-mod.o ./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o ./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o Using loopback device /dev/loop0 /sbin/nash -> /tmp/initrd.d66GM4/bin/nash /sbin/insmod.static -> /tmp/initrd.d66GM4/bin/insmod `/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/./kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o' -> `/tmp/initrd.d66GM4/lib/scsi_mod.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/./kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o' -> `/tmp/initrd.d66GM4/lib/sd_mod.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/./kernel/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx.o' -> `/tmp/initrd.d66GM4/lib/aic7xxx.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/./kernel/drivers/scsi/ips.o' -> `/tmp/initrd.d66GM4/lib/ips.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/./kernel/drivers/md/lvm-mod.o' -> `/tmp/initrd.d66GM4/lib/lvm-mod.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/./kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.o' -> `/tmp/initrd.d66GM4/lib/jbd.o' `/lib/modules/2.4.18-3/./kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.o' -> `/tmp/initrd.d66GM4/lib/ext3.o' Loading module scsi_mod Loading module sd_mod Loading module aic7xxx Loading module ips Loading module lvm-mod Loading module jbd Loading module ext3 My mounted filesystems are: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda2 2063316 406816 1551688 21% / /dev/sda1 30985 4976 24409 17% /boot none 257180 0 257180 0% /dev/shm /dev/rootvg/root 198337 56448 131649 31% /mnt /dev/rootvg/usr 806288 317880 447448 42% /mnt/usr /dev/rootvg/home 198337 4133 183964 3% /mnt/home /dev/rootvg/tmp 99150 4128 89902 5% /mnt/tmp /dev/rootvg/var 198337 13400 174697 8% /mnt/var My /etc/fstab is here: LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/rootvg/root /mnt ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/usr /mnt/usr ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/home /mnt/home ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/tmp /mnt/tmp ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/var /mnt/var ext3 defaults 0 0 My /mnt/etc/fstab is here: /dev/rootvg/root / ext3 defaults 1 1 /boot /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 /dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/rootvg/root /mnt ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/usr /mnt/usr ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/home /mnt/home ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/tmp /mnt/tmp ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/rootvg/var /mnt/var ext3 defaults 0 0 My /etc/lilo.conf is: prompt timeout=50 default=linux boot=/dev/sda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b message=/boot/message linear image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img read-only root=/dev/sda2 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 label=lvm initrd=/boot/initrd-lvm-2.4.18-3.img read-only root=/dev/rootvg/root append="ramdisk_size=8192" I have a initrd directory under /mnt mount point (/dev/rootvg/root) How can I check that linuxrc in the ramdisk initrd-lvm-2.4.18-3.img contains something like this: echo "Loading jbd module" insmod /lib/jbd.o echo "Loading ext3 module" insmod /lib/ext3.o echo "Loading lvm-mod module" insmod /lib/lvm-mod.o echo "Mounting /proc filesystem" mount -t proc /proc /proc echo "Running vgscan" vgscan echo "Running vgchange -a y" vgchange -a y echo Creating root device mkrootdev /dev/root echo 0x0100 > /proc/sys/kernel/real-root-dev echo Mounting root filesystem mount --ro -t ext3 /dev/root /sysroot umount /proc pivot_root /sysroot /sysroot/initrd Jorge ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luca Berra" <bluca@comedia.it> To: <linux-lvm@sistina.com> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] kernel panic - converting root fs to lvm > On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 09:49:45AM -0300, Jorge Melhado wrote: > > Then, if I enter with root passwor I canīt change /etc/fstab because itīs in > > readonly mode. So, I reboot again and the problem persists. > mount -o remount,rw / > > L. > > -- > Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it > Communication Media & Services S.r.l. > /"\ > \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN > X AGAINST HTML MAIL > / \ > > _______________________________________________ > 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