Stefan Wrote : > >Hi all, > >I have created a volume group and some logical volumes. The >volume group >contain all directories, only swap and /boot are physical >volumes. At the >moment debian is running at the ram disk. What version of debian are you running ? > >The installation steps are ok and I would like to create a bootable at >/dev/hda1 (my boot volume). I switched to another virtual >console and type >the following command > >lilo -r /target -F /etc/lilo.conf > >After that I get the message that > >Fatal: Not a number: "/dev/rootvg/rootlv" You have to make a special initrd image to be able to run root on a logical volume. > >Has anyone an idea what I can do to create a correct boot table? > >Thanks > >Stefan But when you are running debian sarge, don't place your root file system on a logical volume. During boot the volume manager has to be able to create a file and that is not possible with sarge because it booting with a cramfs filesystem during boot and that filesystem is readonly. I placed the root file system back on a partition. Greetz Jan >-- >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Forstwirtschaft >Stefan Feeser >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >have a look to >-- >http://www.felino.de >http://www.lug-untermain.de >http://www.project-ibex.org ---- With regards Jan H. van Gils Internet web-page http://www.Knoware.NL/users/janvg/ Internet e-mail address JanVG@Knoware.NL RIPE Whois JHG5-RIPE, 6BONE Whois JHG1-6BONE _______________________________________________ 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/