From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:23:08 -0500 From: lembark@wrkhors.com Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Root on LV Message-ID: <26260000.1000833788@duke.wrkhors.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com -- Steve Pratt on 09/17/01 09:26:12 -0500 >>> > dobos_s@IBCnet.hu wrote: >>> > > 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 ? >>> >>> You don't need vgscan at boot time unless the disks have moved around. >>> You DO need "vgchange -a y" in order to load the LVM data into the > kernel. > >> If you are running EVMS you don't need that. > >> But you need EVMS tools which are not available fo far :-( > > Actually that is not entirely true. All of the volume group and physical > volumes tools are done. We have started on all of the logical volume > commands. We have stand alone utilities which minic the LVM ones, as well > as a GUI which integrates LVM function with other volume management > functions such as partitioning. Q: Why bother to put 64MB on an LVM? The root volume doesn't grow much (make it 128MB and it'll never need to grow). If you ever have a problem with LVM you'll end up with an unbootable system...