check your rc.sysinit script for the lvm section mine had a check for /proc/lvm before it did vgchange portion which doesn't exist until you do a vgchange --- Patrick van den Berg <P.van.den.Berg@ogd.nl> wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I'm new at using LVM and I ran into trouble using > it. I've got problems > mounting an LVM volume as root on my system running > Gentoo Linux 1.4. My > configuration is as follows (skip to the bottom of > the text for the actual > error message): > > Gigabyte mainboard with onboard Promise RAID. I've > got 2 80GB discs attached > (same model) and configured as RAID1. I installed > via the Gentoo RC1 Stage 1 > CDROM. During boot of the CD I had to abort and add > the "IDE0=0x9400,0x9802 > IDE2=0x9c00,0xa002" parameters to be able to load > the pdcraid module. > > My fstab looks as follows: > > /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /boot ext3 > noauto,noatime 1 1 > /dev/vg3/rootlv / reiserfs > noatime 0 0 > /dev/ataraid/disc0/part2 none swap sw > 0 0 > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 > noauto,ro 0 0 > proc /proc proc > defaults 0 0 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs > defaults 0 0 > > I also compiled my kernel using the gentoo-sources, > and with the following > options enabled: > > - LVM support > - Built-in RAM disk support with initrd > - DEV fs support > - mount DEV filesystem at boot > - ReiserFS support > > I also ran lvmcreate_initrd with the -M option, > because everything is compiled > in the kernel. Also, when I run lvmceate_initrd > without the -M options, it > returns errors and the lvm image is not created. > > My grub,conf (linked to menu.lst) looks as follows: > > default 0 > timeout 30 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=Gentoo 1.4 GNU/Linux on Antigone > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/vg3/rootlv > ide0=0x9400,0x9802 ide2=0x9c00,0xa002 > initrd /boot/initrd-lvm.gz > > > When I boot the system grub starts correctly, but > when grub wants to boot my > system the following messages appear: > > Code: > RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 > Freeing initrd memory: 994k freed. > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). > Mounted devfs on /dev > vgscan -- found inactive volume group "vg3" > vgscan -- ERROR 28 writing volumegroup backup file > /etc/lvmtab.d/vg3.tmp in > vg_cfgbackup.c [line273] > vgscan -- ERROR: "lvm_tab_vg_remove(): unlink" > removing volume group "vg3" > from "/etc/lvmtab.d" > vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" > succesfully created > vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA > backup of your volume group > > vgchange -- no volume groups found > > VFS: Cannot open root device "vg3/rootlv" or 00:00 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount rootfs on 00:00 > > > Now, the strange thing is, when I boot via the CD > and do vgscan and > vgchange -ay by hand, I can mount /dev/vg3/rootlv > normally! > > Does anybody got any ideas? I've run out of them > > Thanks for any help in advance. When you need any > more info, just say so. > > Regards, > Patrick > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
