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Re: initrd, lvm, and devfs



On Tuesday 18 January 2005 09:03, Brian May <bam@debian.org> wrote:
> I guess this means sarge won't work "out-of-the-box" with 2.6.11 and
> LVM unless you compile your own kernel (one that doesn't require an
> initrd image), or fix this initrd image.

LVM root can not work without using an initrd to scan for volumes.

LVM for non-root when the root file system is on a regular partition is not 
relevant to this discussion.  It is totally independent of the initrd.

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