Re: initramfs-utils and LVM ?

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

hello,

On Fri, 03 Nov 2006, Hadmut Danisch wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I just saw in /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs that the code pieces for mdadm and
> lvm are intended to be removed after release of Etch. 

yes.
 
> How is LVM booting intended to work after removal of these code
> pieces?

hooks. hope that the lvm2 lands soonest.
 
> ( I am just updating a initrd script for booting from encrypted LVM
> volumes and would like to keep it compatible...)

cryptsetup has it's own set of initramfs hooks that enable crypto root
based on the in kernel lvm-crypto support aka via luks.
you want to read man initramfs-tools.
 
> regards
> Hadmut


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maks