install grub on LVM
Fred Grant
fgrant at powercom.net
Tue Sep 18 21:14:44 UTC 2007
On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 09:56 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 06:39 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > I want to install grub on hd1 boot partition which is LVM. Grub doesn't
> > seem to recognize it.
>
> You can't do that. Grub doesn't understand LVM (nor will any boot
> loader). Grub must be installed in the MBR or in the beginning of a
> standard filesystem...not something layered on top of LVM. LVM will
> not be recognized until the kernel is running, and by the time that
> happens, grub is long out of the picture.
>
Hey Rick:
you didn't comment on the f5 to f7 upgrade question. I'd appreciate
any comments you might have
--
Fred
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