From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Debian 3.0, kernel 2.4.18 booting with a LVM root fs LVM doesn't work Message-ID: <20020926125048.A2836@sistina.com> References: <3D92DF4A.1625D3C4@cti-paysloire.cnamts.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3D92DF4A.1625D3C4@cti-paysloire.cnamts.fr>; from philippe.lebreton@cti-paysloire.cnamts.fr on Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:19:54PM +0200 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: Thu Sep 26 05:58:04 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 12:19:54PM +0200, LEBRETON Philippe wrote: > hello, > > My configuration is : > > Debian 3.0 > Kernel 2.4.18 > lvm10 debian package. > > i want to convert my root fs to LVM and i follow the HOWTO instructions. > > in my initrd image i add block, ide, scsi, fs and net drivers. > my linuxrc is : > #!/bin/sh > /sbin/modprobe ext3 > /sbin/modprobe ext2 > /sbin/modprobe ips > /sbin/modprobe aic7xxx > /sbin/modprobe lvm-mod > /bin/mount /proc > /sbin/vgscan > /sbin/vgchange -a y > /bin/umount /proc > > when i boot, all drivers are load but mount, vgscan and vgchange doesn't > work : > > can't create lock file /etc/mtab17 : permision denied (use -n flag to > override) > vgscan -- ERROR "creating lvmtab" creating lvmtab > -- no volume groups found > vgchange -- ERROR "/etc/lvmtab" doesn't exist: please run vgscan > . > . > . > . > VFS: cannot open device 3a:00 > kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs 3a:00 > > where is the problem Read-only initrd? > > Thanks > > Philippe LEBRETON > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ -- 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-