From: "John Smith" <lbalbalba@gmail.com>
To: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: [linux-lvm] Boot Mgr support for '/boot' on LVM2 volumes ?
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:46:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6dcf0dbc0603050846k2b8bb546r1a3b6f30f541e473@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hi.
I was wondering if booting from an LVM2 volume group is supposed to be
supported with lilo (preferred) or GRUB. For example, is it supported
to use a '/boot' device, when that is a LVM2 volume residing in an
LVM2 volume group ?
Last time I checked, having /boot on a LVM2 device using lilo was
still considered 'unsupported', or at least considered to be "not a
very good idea". If I recall correctly, this had something to do with
the fact that "/boot" had to be located on a linear, contiguous volume
for bootloaders like lilo and grub to be able to read it. And that
with something like LVM, it's on very easy for a volume to be
non-contiguous.
Is this still the case with the current release of LVM2, or has this
been worked-around in current releases ?
Sincerely,
John Smith.
next reply other threads:[~2006-03-05 16:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-05 16:46 John Smith [this message]
2006-03-07 19:06 ` [linux-lvm] Boot Mgr support for '/boot' on LVM2 volumes ? Luca Berra
2006-03-07 21:21 ` John Smith
2006-03-08 20:43 ` Luca Berra
2006-03-25 17:31 ` [linux-lvm] " Claus Färber
2006-03-30 21:59 ` Alasdair G Kergon
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