From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 13:20:15 +0200 From: "Heinz J. Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Strtup probs ! Message-ID: <20010717132015.B17345@sistina.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from ahiam@hotmail.com on Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 06:20:34AM +0530 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 On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 06:20:34AM +0530, Arindam Haldar wrote: > 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 You don't need an initial ram disk at all, if you don't want to have root on a logical volume. Just run "vgscan;vgchange -ay" in your startup script before it comes to local filesystem mounts. > > 2) can quota be implimented with LVM for eg on my /home .. ?? LVM doesn't care. Quotas are FS things. > > 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 ! Then something with the LVM driver (in case you build it into your kernel), the /linuxrc script content in your initrd or the boot configuration to boot the kernel containing LVM is wrong. In case your boot kernel is stored in the root filesystem on a logical volume as well, you need to patch lilo and probably LVM as well. Search the LVM archive at www.sistina.com for that. root on LV is only recommended if you *really* need it. It is rather hard to configure. We are working on boot time recognition of VGs which will make it much easier. > > 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 -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-