Bug#402931: initramfs-tools does not support redhat lvm naming schema
On Fri, 15 Dec 2006, Schumacher, Bernd wrote:
>
> I have to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 4) on
> a customer project. This is, as far as I know, the newest stable Red Hat
> Enterprise Release.
>
> The most important command on this system is "chroot /debian".
ok thanks for the info.
> The redhat system was installed with as many default values as possible
> (also lvm configuration).
> Because I want to be able, to also boot debian directly, I used the
> patch described below.
>
> Here is the requested symlink info:
>
> ls -l /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 15 00:44 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 ->
> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
>
> ls -l /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
> brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Dec 15 01:43
> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
>
> If this is a to specific change request, do you see a possiblity to have
> a config file, with additional LVM naming schemas?
hmm this is a dup of #378332, http://bugs.debian.org/378332
you want to boot with the real root dev aka
root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
and not the symlink as otherwise we have no idea
that you are booting an lvm root.
best regards
--
maks
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