Bug#335230: [#335230] How to actually support EVMS in an initrd

["Steinar H. Gunderson" <sgunderson@bigfoot.com>]

On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 09:47:12PM +0200, Marco Amadori wrote:
>>  - Make sure /dev/ is writable, and mkdir /dev/evms.
> Translate this in perl plz :-)

Well, the "make sure" part depends on how yaird works. You may have to mount
a tmpfs over /dev/evms if the initrd is read-only. (This is during _boot_
time, BTW; running /sbin/evms_activate at yaird time will help you nothing.)

>>  - Run /sbin/evms_activate (from the “evms” package). It will do partition
>>    discovery and mknod the appropriate devices in /dev/evms.
> First if the root device is /dev/evms/lvm2 also vgchange -a y should be 
> launched before that, right?

No, that should not be required. You can use compatibility LVM2 volumes
with EVMS without needing the traditional LVM userspace.

BTW, I'm a bit unsure if critical is the right severity for this bug.

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