From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JCYOj-0004RY-Ql for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:43:01 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JCYOi-0004QQ-0Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:43:00 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JCYOb-0004MU-WD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:42:58 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JCYOb-0004M0-Ec for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:42:53 -0500 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JCYOZ-00030U-RR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:42:53 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JCYO3-0003FX-BG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:42:19 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JCYIu-0003uH-Hy for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:37:01 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JCYHL-00035I-6t for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:35:23 +0100 Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:35:23 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080109103523.GA11819@thorin> References: <1199798453.7601.17.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20080108150140.GA470@thorin> <20080108152102.GA13078@thorin> <1199826360.6104.19.camel@peder.flower> <20080108214449.GA630@thorin> <1199830708.6104.36.camel@peder.flower> <20080108233326.GC10215@thorin> <1199869730.6137.8.camel@peder.flower> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1199869730.6137.8.camel@peder.flower> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by mx20.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Subject: Re: [PATCH] force load of lvm and raid before entering normal mode (Re: LVM on debian) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:43:00 -0000 On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 10:08:50AM +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote: > Robert Millan writes: > > > Wait, do lvm devices actually contain a partition map? > > I don't think so. LVM devices have volume groups and logical volumes. > > > If not, then this is > > normal, although in this case grub-probe should tell you the partmap > > for > > whatever physical partition contains the lvm data. > > Yes. Or at least grub-install should check if grub-probe reports an > error when checking for the partmap and warn the user or insert gpt/pc. Partition maps aren't really mandatory; much like lvm/raid. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)