From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 10:37:19 +0100 From: Fabian.Herschel@suse.de Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Configuring boot partition with LVM Message-ID: <20000207103719.A1170@suse.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-linux-lvm Errors-To: owner-linux-lvm List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@msede.com On Fri, Feb 04, 2000 at 12:29:34PM -0500, Jim Cain wrote: > All, > > Has anyone been successful in creating a completely LVM-managed system? > Specifically, I'm wondering about the problem with needing LVM-enabled > kernel on a boot floppy for installation purposes. At this point of time lilo is not ready to boot a kernel fom a lv. Lilo should also learn how to boot a kernel fom a striped volume... Greetings Fabian > > Or is this not a good idea? Is it better to have a non-LVM root partition > on a separate drive, and then use LVM for everything else? > > Thanks for the input, > Jim -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fabian Herschel SuSE Rhein/Main AG Tel: +49-6196-50951-23 Mergenthalerallee 45-47 Fax: +49-6196-409-607 D-65760 Eschborn mailto: Fabian.Herschel@suse.de http://www.suse.de