[linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[Mitchell D. Miller]

I am running Red Hat 7.1 (with 2.4.12 kernel) and LVM 1.0.1-rc4.  I read
the documentation on Sistina's website about boot time scripts, but the
info there seems to deal only with getting LVM loaded at boot time.  

I'm still uncertain how I should configure my system so the volumes I
have created (three of them so far) get mounted during boot.  I tried
modifying my fstab file, but the system didn't boot right after.  It
stopped, complaining that one of the devices couldn't be mounted.  Is
this even the right place to configure LVM volumes to be mounted?

Thanks,
Mitch

Re: [linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[Johan Ur Riise]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 11:18:29AM -0500, Mitchell D. Miller wrote:
> I am running Red Hat 7.1 (with 2.4.12 kernel) and LVM 1.0.1-rc4.  I read
> the documentation on Sistina's website about boot time scripts, but the
> info there seems to deal only with getting LVM loaded at boot time.  
> 
> I'm still uncertain how I should configure my system so the volumes I
> have created (three of them so far) get mounted during boot.  I tried
> modifying my fstab file, but the system didn't boot right after.  It
> stopped, complaining that one of the devices couldn't be mounted.  Is
> this even the right place to configure LVM volumes to be mounted?

Changing fstab should be all right, just make shure you run vgchange -a y
early in the startup scripts (before the mounting takes place).
This should work for all filesystems except root.

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RE: [linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[Mitchell D. Miller]

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Re: [linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[Chad C. Walstrom]

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On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:27:26AM -0500, Mitchell D. Miller wrote:
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[linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[Mitchell D. Miller]

I am running Red Hat 7.1 (with 2.4.12 kernel) and LVM 1.0.1-rc4.  I read
the documentation on Sistina's website about boot time scripts, but the
info there seems to deal only with getting LVM loaded at boot time.  

I'm still uncertain how I should configure my system so the volumes I
have created (three of them so far) get mounted during boot.  I tried
modifying my fstab file, but the system didn't boot right after.  It
stopped, complaining that one of the devices couldn't be mounted.  Is
this even the right place to configure LVM volumes to be mounted?

Thanks,
Mitch

Re: [linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[Steven Lembark]

-- "Mitchell D. Miller" <mitch@mdmiller.com>

> I am running Red Hat 7.1 (with 2.4.12 kernel) and LVM 1.0.1-rc4.  I read
> the documentation on Sistina's website about boot time scripts, but the
> info there seems to deal only with getting LVM loaded at boot time.
>
> I'm still uncertain how I should configure my system so the volumes I
> have created (three of them so far) get mounted during boot.  I tried
> modifying my fstab file, but the system didn't boot right after.  It
> stopped, complaining that one of the devices couldn't be mounted.  Is
> this even the right place to configure LVM volumes to be mounted?

Make sure that a vgchange -a y is in your rc.sysinit after
the root volume is remounted rw but before the othervolumes
are fsck-ed. After that mount -a will get them on line with
the rest of things.

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Steven Lembark                               2930 W. Palmer
Workhorse Computing                       Chicago, IL 60647
                                            +1 800 762 1582

Re: [linux-lvm] How to mount volumes during boot

[Benjamin Lee]

Mitch,

Your problem can be fixed by compiling the LVM code into the kernel
rather than as a module.

If you like modules, make sure that you are using an initrd.

The RH 7.1 scripts already have the necessary logic to mount your LVM
filesystems.

On Sunday, 21 October, 2001, Mitchell D. Miller scribbled:
> I am running Red Hat 7.1 (with 2.4.12 kernel) and LVM 1.0.1-rc4.  I read
> the documentation on Sistina's website about boot time scripts, but the
> info there seems to deal only with getting LVM loaded at boot time.  
> 
> I'm still uncertain how I should configure my system so the volumes I
> have created (three of them so far) get mounted during boot.  I tried
> modifying my fstab file, but the system didn't boot right after.  It
> stopped, complaining that one of the devices couldn't be mounted.  Is
> this even the right place to configure LVM volumes to be mounted?

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