[linux-lvm] root on lvm

[Garcia Pascal]

Hello,
I experienced also difficulties with / and lvm2.
configuration: 
   MANDRAKE 10.0, 
   kernel 2.6.3, 
   lilo 22.5.8, 
   reiserfs 3.6.11 ?
   lvm 2.00.08
 
The message I have got is something like lilo does not handle device
type 0x1f00 

Can not ensure that it is the exact message and type.

I understood that the version of lilo I use can not handle lvm2 and
reiserfs partition for / during boot ! And especially can not get boot
image in /boot.

Shame :(

regards

Pascal Garcia

Le ven 19/03/2004 à 15:19, Jeffrey Layton a écrit :
> On Tue, 2004-03-16 at 18:00, Rich Turner wrote:
> > i am trying to mount / on a logical volume with reiserfs. my initrd
> > appears to be loading all of the appropriate modules (lvm-mod, dm-mod,
> > reiserfs) but i get the following error when the initrd exits and tries
> > to mount /.
> > 
> > device-mapper: unknown block ioctl 0x5310
> > sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on device mapper
> > (254,1)
> > 
> > is this related to reiserfs or lvm? or my initrd?
> > using:
> > lvm-2.00.07
> > reiserfs-3.6.9-37
> > suse-9.0
> > kernel-2.4.21-144-athlon
> > 
> 
> You likely are hitting a problem with the device numbering for DM
> devices. The kernel dynamically allocates major and minor numbers for
> the DM, so booting to a different kernel can renumber your DM devices.
> Have a look at the lvm2create_initrd script that's been posted on this
> list several times to see how I (and others) have handled this
> situation. It's also available here:
> 
> http://poochiereds.net/svn/lvm2create_initrd
> 
> -- Jeff
> 
> 
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