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Fwd: FW: LFS GRUB, LVM and a separate boot partition woes
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Tony Sequeira |
Subject: |
Fwd: FW: LFS GRUB, LVM and a separate boot partition woes |
Date: |
Thu, 13 Mar 2003 02:05:08 -0800 (PST) |
-----Original Message-----
> From: David Balazic [mailto:address@hidden
> lilo.conf and grub.conf, please
OK, I'm at work now, I'll send them as soon as I get home.
Cheers
Tony Sequeira wrote:
>
> I am not sure whether this is a bug, but I have exhausted all other
> avenues, except for reading and comparing source files, which I am
not
> qualified for, and do not have the time to learn.
>
> I will post a short description of the problem, and await requests
for
> further details, if required.
>
> I am building an LFS (Linux From Scratch) system, which boots OK with
> LILO. This has a separate boot partition (non LVM), and also a non
> LVM root partition.
>
> LILO has no problem booting this system with current LFS scripts.
>
> GRUB has a problem, because (I assume) the root partition is mounted
> ro when a vgscan is done.
>
> What I would like to know (for my own peace of mind), is, why this
> works with LILO and not with GRUB. I am not looking for a fix, just
> an explanation.
>
> > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
> > > Mounting proc file system...
> > > [ OK ]
> > > Setting up LVM Volume Groups...
> > > vgscan -- ERROR "creating lvmtab" creating lvmtab <<============
> > > vgscan -- no volume groups found <<============
> > >
> > > loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg00" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg01" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg02" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg0e" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg1a" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg2b" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgd0" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgd1" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgd2" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgme" successfully activated
> > >
> > > [ OK ]
> > > Activating all swap files/partitions...
> > > Adding Swap: 1048568k swap-space (priority -1)
> > > [ OK ]
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------
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Tony