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Re: LVM on software RAID - LILO



08.10.2004 о 12:43 +0100 Dan Peachey написав(-ла):
> Hi there,
> 
> I've had a go at installing a system using the pre-rc2 netinst image. With the 
> install I have 2 x HDD which I have setup a software RAID for in partman 
> (/dev/md/0). I have then fired up a console and used pvcreate and vgcreate to 
> create LVM groups. Going back to partman, it recognises the LVM VG and allows 
> me to setup logical volumes. All goes smooth and I have an LV partition 
> with /root mounted on it and a number of other LV's. No complaints from the 
> installer, but when I get to installing the boot loader (LILO) it bombs out 
> and will not let me install to /dev/md/0.
I do not think that lilo can be booted from md device, try to use one
of the physical volumes of this device (or disk device). Does lilo-installer display any
disk devices (hda, sda...) in the menu?

> I was expecting to see GRUB as the 
> boot loader as this has been in previous releases? But I guess GRUB might 
> have failed too. So I'm a bit stuck how to get this to work. Any help greatly 
> appreciated.
> 
GRUB probably cannot boot operating system from LV, lilo can.

> TIA, Dan

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Eugeniy Meshcheryakov

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University
Information and Computing Centre
http://icc.univ.kiev.ua

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