From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:31:17 +0200 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Root on LV Message-ID: <20010910133117.I31313@sistina.com> References: <20010906161011.B10735@gatekeeper.osp.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20010906161011.B10735@gatekeeper.osp.nl>; from josv@osp.nl on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:10:11PM +0200 Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:10:11PM +0200, josv@osp.nl wrote: > vgscan and vgchange -a y *ARE* quite essential. > It is currently *not* possible to perform these two essential > commands in the kernel. > > AFAIK that is... That's true. We will have in kernel LVM metadata read support in a post 1.0 version of LVM which will avoid to run userspace tools to activate choosen VGs at all. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > ++Jos > > And thus it came to pass that dobos_s@IBCnet.hu wrote: > (on Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 04:03:49PM +0200 to be exact) > > > Hi! > > > > I cannot understand something. > > My kernel has no modules. > > Why should I create an ext2 partition for holding an initrd which is not > > doing any essential things except vgscan and vgchange -ay ? > > Why cant these things built into the kernel? > > > > Maybe I didnt understand something... > > > > > > Please CC to me, because I am not member on list... > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Dobos Sandor > > IBCnet Hungary Ltd. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-lvm mailing list > > linux-lvm@sistina.com > > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html > > -- > Klingon coding rule #12: "Specifications are for the weak and timid!" > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-