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Re: Attempt to Move Root



On Monday 21 December 2015 10:25:15 Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 04:50:00 -0500 (EST), David Baron wrote:
> > Went through all the motions, both ways: On native and chroot. Results
> > were
> > the same.  Get in that loop of lv not ready messages.  Difference: Native
> > attempt still needs the IDE plugged in or I get 99 99 99 ... , chroot does
> > not.
> > 
> > So, what do I do next?
> 
> Obviously, the LILO map file is on the IDE drive.  Is your /boot partition
> on the IDE drive?  If so, you cannot remove it.  The /boot partition must
> be a partition on a physical drive, but obviously it cannot be on the drive
> that you want to remove.
>
The boot is not a separate partition but is a directory on the root so travels 
with it. Copy on both old and new directories.
 
> The "volume not ready" messages would indicate that LVM2, or some file(s)
> needed by it, are not included in the initial RAM file system.
I always get one of those on boot up, then things proceed. I have no lv's. 
Maybe fix-include in initramfs anyway?

The loop that I get is something more problematic.


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