Bug#381351: initramfs-tools: ide-disk/specific ide modules not loaded and vgchange -ay fails using lvm2

[maximilian attems <maks@sternwelten.at>]

On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:23:09PM +0000, James Bromberger wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I just did a bit of investigation into a slimilar issue - it seems that 
> the image created by initramfs-tools doesn't work with LVM if mdadm is 
> not installed. Previously mdadm was not a dependancy to use LVM with 
> initrd, but examining the top of:
>     /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/lvm

i'm really getting mad by the current tendency of bug reporter reporting
half baken issues to uncorelated bug reports.
so i'll stop any explanations here and ask please open a bug report
with reportbug. thanks!
 
> Shows the dependancies are "mdadm mdrun lvm2".  Perhaps mdadm should be 
> a Recommend of initramfs-tools, and a note added that if using LVM and 
> initramfs-tools, then mdadm is required???

soft dep is the key.
 
best regards

-- 
maks