Re: devfs and lvm
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manolis Tzanidakis" <mtzanidakis@freemail.gr>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:49 PM
> Subject: Re: devfs and lvm
>
> [20031030] Benedict Verheyen <linux4bene@pandora.be> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>
> Hello
>
>> currently my server (2.4.21) is running LVM. All partitions are on
>> LVM except a boot partition. I would like to move to devfs.
>> Any good documents or howto's out there that explain how to set
>> this up. I understand that i will need to install devfsd and
>> that i might have to change the root boot option i now specify
>> for grub as root=3a00.
>> Any other significant changes/difficulties?
>
> Just install a kernel with devfs (& mount devfs at boot) enabled. Note
> that you won't need /dev/pts with devfs so u can disable it in kernel
> config. Install devfsd & u' re done, no modification necessary. However
> if you run grub & use update-grub, do:
>
> $ cd /boot/grub
> $ mv device.map device.map.old
> $ grub-install /dev/hdX (replace X with your drive)
> $ update-grub
>
> --
It worked like a charm. I have put this into my
grub configuration (maybe usefull for other people):
title Debian GNU/Linux, 2.4.21.041103
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21.041103 root=3a00 vga=791 ramdisk=8192
devfs=mount
initrd /initrd-lvm-2.4.21.gz
savedefault
boot
I will test if i can't use root=/dev/main/lv_root instead of the hex
numbers (3a00). I do not find any info on grub and the hex thingie.
I do have some questions:
1. When i do "ls -la /dev" it's still filled with a lot of links. Do i
have to remake the dir dev to start of with a clean version?
2. df returns all partitions as /dev/main/lv* except for
the boot which is displayed as /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part
Why isn't this shown as /dev/hda1? It's set as /dev/hda1 in my
fstab file.
Thanks,
Benedict
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