On 09/29/2007 07:37 PM, helices wrote:
Thank you, all, for your insights.When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel. That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a different copy residing on the floppy. When the system completed boot, I was logging into the actual system, even though I booted off of the floppy based kernel.The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue cd, is that they do NOT understand the specifics of my lvm over software raid 5. The specifics required probably all reside under /etc -- on a filesystem in lvm on software raid 5.
Catch-22However, if you read the documents on how they created the Debian installer, you could find out how to create your own Debian Installer CD; it would contain your own custom-compiled kernel and lvm configuration in /etc, and it would be able to see all of your volumes--that is what you want--right?
Actually, I believe that both instances that stung me were lilo, not grub; and, NO, there is no /boot outside of both lvm and software raid 5. What do you think?
I don't know what to think.Since Etch's Grub supposedly doesn't understand lvm, I can't see how you booted in the first place.