Re: partman problems (sparc and elsewhere)
On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 10:51:42PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
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> I still don't get why the kernel should complain though ?
Because it can not reread the partition table if it uses some of the
partitions for something - swap (partman automaticaly activates any
existing swap to allow small memory installs), LVM or RAID phisical
volume or mounted partition (used as installation medium). Consider
this:
1. The user creates the necessary partitions and goes to configure LVM
2. Partman writes the partition table to the disks and invokes the LVM
configurator
3. The configurator creates logical volumes. At that stage the kernel
is no more able to reread the partition table
4. The user specifies file systems and mount points for the logical
volumes but decides / to be in a regular partition rather than in a
logical volume
5. Partman sets_system_type for the partition for /
6. When the user finishes partman writes the partition tables to the
disks. The kernel complains.
Anton Zinoviev
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