From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <3C686693.2060007@miracleas.dk> From: Peter Gram MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [linux-lvm] LVM Redhat 7.2 : Volume Group not activated on boot 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: Date: Mon Feb 11 18:48:01 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: Linux LVM Cc: Peter Gram - Miracle A/S Hi I have this problem that I hope some of you out there might be able to=20 help with ? My problem is on boot of the machine I get a error from the mount=20 process that it can not mount and check my file system "/dev/vg01/vg01lv01" and a option to go into singe user mode where I can=20 se that the "vgchange -a y" is not run to activate the volume group. I have looked at the rc.sysinit and there is this=20 entry that should activate all defined volume groups. Have any of you out in cyberspace seen the same problem with Redhat 7.2 ? cut from the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit : # LVM initialization if [ -e /proc/lvm -a -x /sbin/vgchange -a -f /etc/lvmtab ]; then action $"Setting up Logical Volume Management:" /sbin/vgscan &&=20 /sbin/vgchange -a y fi My setup : HP Omnibook 6000 laptop Redhat 7.2 I have installed the "new" 2.4.17 Linux kernel VLM support works (That is I can create lv's and I use ext3 file system=20 on them) I have added my lvm to fstab and are able to mount/umount the file=20 system without problems cut from fstab : /dev/vg01/vg01lv01 /home5/pgram/dev ext3 defaults 1 2 --=20 /regards Peter Gram Phone : +45 2527 7107 Fax : +45 4466 8856 Miracle A/S Kratvej 2 2760 M=EF=BF=BDlev http://miracleas.dk