Re: Now lost boot dir
> ****
> defaults 1 2 /dev/DB-
> LVM/LV_HOME /home
> >> ext3
> defaults 1 2 #/dev/DB-
> LVM2/LV_AUX /mnt/aux
> >> ext3
> defaults 1 2
> >
> >I'm really confused. As I've said before, I don't know
> anything about LVMs,
> >so that may be part of the problem.
>
> For fstab, and most other places, they are just a partition with
> an odd name.
> /dev/VG0/LV0 might as well be /dev/sda1 as far as most tools are
> concerned.
> >But I don't see anything mounted as /.
>
> That's a problem.
There IS a /dev/sdb2 / mount, got mangled in the missing email line-breaks.
>
> >I also see a bunch of stuff that is confusing.
>
> Agreed. Removable media should not be mounted using the
> kernel device name
> (e.g. /dev/sda or /dev/sdb1), since it is likely to
> change. I'd likely remove
> some of the comments just to make the active lines more visible.
That is why I commented them out for now.
> >And you're
> >not using any uuids in /etc/fstab.
>
> If you use LVM snapshots, you shouldn't use UUIDs for LVM
> volumes, since the
> UUID of the file system in the snapshot will be the same as the
> UUID of the
> original file system.
>
> So, /dev/DB-LVM* entries are fine, but the rest should probably
> be changed to
> LABEL=* / UUID=* entries.
Probably so but putting all that in is what started the demise of my system. I will stick with /dev/sdb style until I can get things booting up again, then take lessons on how to go to the newer, more transportable convention.
Anyway, if the root does not get recognized and mounted, all the other questions are academic.
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