[linux-lvm] LILO configuration for LVM "boot" filesystem

[Ben Lutgens]

On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 01:07:50AM -0700, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
>I know this is starting to become a LILO issue but I think that the
>problem I have is really got to do with LILO and it's interacting with
>LVM.  I have applied Andreas' patch, thanks Andreas.


Just curious, /boot only needs to be like 100 megs tops why would you want
that to be an LV. Isn't it more trouble than it's worth?

>
>When I try to boot with the LVM disk I get "LI" and that is it.  The
>LILO docs say this about "LI":
>
>This means the first-stage loader gained control; it thought it success-
>fully loaded the second-stage loader; but it never got there.  This most
>often occurs when the second-stage loader, '/boot/boot.b', is not load-
>able using the BIOS.
>
>Which would suggest to me that the mapping is not making it through
>LVM correct me.  But I don't really know that much about how LILO
>really works with the underlying device.
>
>My current lilo.conf is:
>
>boot=/dev/hdg
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>vga=780
>default=linux
>keytable=/boot/us.klt
>lba32
>prompt
>timeout=50
>message=/boot/message
>
>image=/boot/vmlinuz
>    label=linux
>    root=/dev/system/root
>    initrd=/boot/initrd-lvm-2.4.5-1.1mdk.gz
>    append=" hda=ide-scsi devfs=mount video=matrox:vesa:263"
>    read-only
>
>Anyone got any ideas or run into this before?
>
>b.
>
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