From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3BA064FE.3020501@st-peter.stw.uni-erlangen.de> Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:49:18 +0200 From: svetljo MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM References: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > > >LVM Listmembers: > > The how-to is not clear on certain issues: > >(a) should ReiserFS support be compiled into the kernel or be a module? >(b) Should LVM support be compiled into the kernel or be a module? >(c) If you use LVM support as a module or in the kernel how does this effect the need or configuration of the initrd? > it's better to have them compiled in , >Someone told me I don't need initrd, if its built in the kernel, no? > it's not needed for software RAID, IBM's EVMS (still alpha status) and is on the to-do list of lvm ( i have read this in the previous messages) but as of today you need initrd for the binaries for activating the VG's and LV's > > >Very Respectfully, > >Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG >Beverly Hills, California >VTU 1904G (Volunteer Training Unit) >stuart@bh90210.net >west coast: (310)-358-0202 P.O. Box 16043, Beverly Hills, CA 90209-2043 >east coast: (215)-338-6005 P.O. Box 45859, Philadelphia, PA 19149-5859 > >Telecopier: (419)-715-6073 fax to email gateway via www.efax.com (it's free!) > >JOIN THE US NAVY RESERVE, SERVE YOUR COUNTRY, AND BENEFIT FROM IT ALL. > >Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:26 PM > >-----Original Message----- >From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On Behalf Of Andreas Dilger >Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 4:21 PM >To: linux-lvm@sistina.com >Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM > >On Sep 12, 2001 15:41 -0700, IT3 Stuart B. Tener, USNR-R wrote: > >> I am curious what version of lilo in fact supports ReiserFS tails. I am running Mandrake 8.0, and using the lilo supplied therewith, and have been booting a / partition as ReiserFS (with tails I believe, how do I check?). >> > >At least version 21.6+ support reiserfs tails (maybe earlier, I don't know). >You should be able to verify with "strings /sbin/lilo | grep -i reiserfs". >What it does is unpack the tail on any kernel/initrd files so that LILO >can map the blocks directly. In a way, it is strange that this is needed, >since I thought tails only applied to files < 64kB or similar... > >Cheers, Andreas >-- >Andreas Dilger \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto, > \ would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?" >http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/ -- Dogbert > > >_______________________________________________ >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 >