Bug#616689: Root-on-LVM setup fails often due to timing issues

[Job Noorman <jobnoorman@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I just encountered the same bug while attempting a fresh install of jessie. For me, the solution was to install the lvm2 package from a livecd:

- Make LVM volumes available:

$ vgchange -ay

- Mount the necessary filesystems

$ mount /dev/[...]-vg/root /mnt

$ mount -t proc none /mnt/proc

$ mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev

- If you have a separate boot partition

$ mount /dev/[...] /mnt/boot

- chroot and install lvm2

$ chroot /mnt

$ apt-get install lvm2

If all goes well, this should create a working initramfs.

HTH!

Regards,

Job