From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Converting my Root file system to LVM From: Rupert Heesom In-Reply-To: <990547328.1133.1.camel@localhost> References: <990547328.1133.1.camel@localhost> Date: 22 May 2001 12:22:05 -0400 Message-Id: <990548531.1134.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 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 Having looked at another thread also with Root boot problems, I've had a look at my kernel (2.4.3) .config file options for the initrd. Since my lilo.conf file has the RAM disk size set to 8192, would the kernel setting (4096) get in the way of this? CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=m CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y On 22 May 2001 12:02:03 -0400, Rupert Heesom wrote: > I've been practicing LVM techniques on a spare 2nd disk which I'm adding > to my root file system using LVM. I think I've got the hang of how LVs, > PVs, and VGs work. > > Now, when I boot up into the LVM partition, I get the following error > msgs - > > lvm - Module successfully initialised. > /sbin/vgscan: sed: command not found. > /sbin/vgscan: /lib/lvm-iop10/: is a directory > /sbin/vgscan: exec: /lib/lvm-iop10/: cannot execute: permission denied. > > /sbin/vgchange: > > Obviously the kernel can't find the LVM tools. Would these not be > included in the lvm initrd? If they are, and the kernel still can't > find them, what do I change so that the kernel CAN find the LVM tools? -- regs rupert