[linux-lvm] Problems: reiserfs lvm as /

[Patrick Boutilier]

Peter,

"boot=" in lilo.conf indicates on which device's MBR lilo is going to be
installed (I think).

There should be a "root=" entry in lilo.conf as well that indicates where your
root filesystem is located. Can you send your complete lilo.conf file?


Peter Kirk wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am new to LVM, and I ran into some problems.
> First thing I did, was to setup LVM within the SuSE7.1 setup tools, which
> worked out fine.
> /boot is not on LVM, ext2fs
> swap is not on LVM
> LVM:
>         /       [reiserfs]
>         /usr    [reiserfs]
>         /home   [reiserfs]
>
> I have too disks, so I set the strip option to two, to get better
> performance. Now I want to compile a new kernel (2.4.4), and I cannot get lvm
> working with it. Since root is on LVM I need to do this lvmcreate_initrd
> stuff, but it does not work ! I get:
>
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 file system).
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 01:00: rw=0, want=4612, limit=4096
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 01:00: rw=0, want=4613, limit=4096
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 01:00: rw=0, want=4614, limit=4096
> attempt to access beyond end of device
> 01:00: rw=0, want=4615, limit=4096
> VFS: Cannot open root device "3a02" or 3a:02
> Please append the correct "root=" boot option
> kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 3a:02
>
> in lilo.conf it says:
> boot=/dev/raid/root
> This should be the correct root. It works with the old 2.4.0 Kernel made from
> SuSE, propably something is with the initrd or with the Kernel-Setup
>
> Please help !!
> Thanks
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