From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:26:50 +0000 (GMT) From: tgs@iafrica.com Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Strtup probs ! Message-id: <0GGM00EWJ7ZIWI@smtp08.iafrica.com> 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: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com, ahiam@hotmail.com Cc: tgs@iafrica.com I had the same experience. The lvm-how to needs to be updated (changes in the boot scripts for slackware). You going to have to change the rc.S file. I will prepare a patch for this tonight and post on the mail list, as well email it to you. In the mean time I can explain the problem to you. Currently the rc.S in slackware (I'm using version 8.0) does the following: 1. Mount to root partition as ro (read-only). 2. fsck all the filesystems in /etc/fstab. If one of them are a LVM partition fsck can't talk to that then it can't fsck that filesystem and exits with an error - you then go into admin mode. In order for fsck to be able to check those filesystem you have to activate the volumes (i.e. vgchange -ay). To the problem is that you can only run vgchange -ya if the root partition is mounted rw. So you have a chicken-egg situation here. My solution is: 1. mount the root partition as read-only. 2. run fsck -a / 3. remount the root partition as read-write 4. run vgscan and vgchange -ay 5. run fsck -A -a -R (will check all the fs but not the root, because it is already been checked and mounted read-write) I havnn't converted my root partition on a LVM yet. I don't intent to do that not before I very sure that LVM 1.0 is released and stable. I'm sure quota should work. I might be under correction but quota will work for the filesystem, in your case /home is ext2 and should work. Theo > hi all, > > i need help with the following probs 'm facing..... > my system is---> 512MB, 500Mhz, 3 scsi, Compaq server with 7.0 Slackware > upgradded packages with latest from Slackware & kernel 2.4.6 ( with LVM as > module) > 1) could not start LVM with /etc/fstab entries ! ;-( > i have created initrd.gz & have done exactly as stated in HOW-TO to > start LVM at startup ( i'm doing it only on my /home ). > if i dont put entries on my /etc/fstab ( for home & LVM) then it works > ok, but sooner i put it there on boot there is an error of something swap > disk which takes me to administrative mode !!!!.. my /etc/fstab enrty is > /dev/VGmail/LVmail /home ext2 defaults 1 1 > > 2) can quota be implimented with LVM for eg on my /home .. ?? > > 3) how to have root partion on LVM. > i tried to do that too like in the HOW-TO & did dd on an empty partion. > but when i tried to convert root partion to LVM i got errors.. so can > anyone tell me the actual steps pls ! > > pls excuse me for my english > thanxs in advance... > arindam haldar > _______________________________________________ > 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 --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using M-Web Airmail. http://airmail.mweb.co.za/