Re: partman problems (sparc and elsewhere)
On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:51:24PM +0200, Anton Zinoviev wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 10:51:42PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> > 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:
You are meaning that if the kernel uses one of the partitions of the partition
table, it can then not modify the other ones ?
> 1. The user creates the necessary partitions and goes to configure LVM
Ok.
> 2. Partman writes the partition table to the disks and invokes the LVM
> configurator
Ok.
> 3. The configurator creates logical volumes. At that stage the kernel
> is no more able to reread the partition table
Why ? There is really no reason this should happen.
> 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
I would go for /boot only, but well.
> 5. Partman sets_system_type for the partition for /
Ok.
> 6. When the user finishes partman writes the partition tables to the
> disks. The kernel complains.
Mmm. Then the kernel is buggy.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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> Anton Zinoviev
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