FC1(kernel 2.4) -> FC2 (kernel2.6) with LVM?

WipeOut wipe_out at users.sourceforge.net
Thu May 6 06:51:01 UTC 2004


Alexandre Oliva wrote:

>On Apr 29, 2004, Erik Karu <erik_karu at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>upgraded FC1 -> FC2t3 with apt (yea yea, not
>>officially supported), and during boot kernel-2.6.5
>>dies with kernel panic since LVM blows straight to my
>>face!
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>LVM2 userland won't overwrite the LVM1 devices left over during the
>upgrade.  LVM2 needs them to be soft links to device-mapper devices.
>If you move the devices aside, the next boot will probably work.  Yes,
>this unfortunately means you can't (easily) share the same root fs
>between 2.4 and 2.6 kernels if you use LVM.
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Would be really nice if someone put together an upgrade procedure for 
systems using LVM if there is any way to do it..

Later..





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