From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:45:43 +0100 From: Fabian.Herschel@suse.de Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Configuring boot partition with LVM Message-ID: <20000207174543.M1170@suse.de> References: <20000207103719.A1170@suse.de> <389EF4DE.68165A11@osp.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <389EF4DE.68165A11@osp.nl> Sender: owner-linux-lvm Errors-To: owner-linux-lvm List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Jos Visser Cc: linux-lvm@msede.com Hi, On Mon, Feb 07, 2000 at 05:37:50PM +0100, Jos Visser wrote: > > Lilo > > should also learn how to boot a kernel fom a striped volume... > > Hi, > > I don't think you fully appreciate the request you're making here. The question (not my answer!!) was why is it complicate to boot fom a lv. Ans i anserwed that lilo cant do that at this point of time! I also pointed to an advanced problem (the striping) so it should be clear thats not only a thing of a "simple" patch in lilo. My itention was to show WHY theere are a lot of problems for getting linux to boot from "any" lv. > Commercial Unices such as HP-UX and Solaris can not boot from striped > volumes for about the same reasons why it would be difficult to have > LILO read from a striped volume: the implications are just too > horrendous to comtemplate. > > Typically I don't care that my boot partition/lv can not be striped. The Me to. A small /boot does not need to be striped. In the near time it also need to be lv controlled... > I/O rates into that volume are just not high enough to need striping. > Why not put our efforts to something else which is more important right > now.? Yes, but we should also explain (or show) restrictions to our collegs on this list! Greetings Fabian -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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