The problem with having / on an LVM volume set is that LILO can't handle it. Take this scenario as an example: mt LVM volume set spans 3 disks, that means a root file system could potentially be on any of those disks. LILO would have to analyse the LVM volume set and work it out - a lot of work for a boot loader.
Bear in mind that LILO does not strictly support software RAID root partitions (although you can get around the problem for RAID-1 only). Glad you sorted your problem out anyway. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frederic Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker] LM9.0: Setting up LVM > Well, I succeeded today setting Up LM9.0 with LVM. I believe the pbm was > that I used "Linux_extended (0x85)" partition type instead of plain > "Extended". > > I have now the following setup: > SWAP hda1 Primary > /boot hda5 Extended Ext2 > / hda6 Extended ReiserFS > LVM Extended > /usr ReiserFS > /home ReiserFS > /opt ReiserFS > /var ReiserFS > /tmp ReiserFS > > and it's all working fine. > > Just 2 comments: > - it would be nice to have the option to have / in the LV as well > - when drakdisk starts spitting out errors it's hard to make it behave > again without restarting... maybe the error handling could be > frendlier :) > > > Otherwise, LM9.0 looks really good, it feels definitely faster than 8.2 > I'm going to set it up on 4 boxes so I guess I'll have some more to > report. > > Thanks Mandrake. > > /Fred > > > On Fri, 2002-09-27 at 19:09, Alan Hughes wrote: > > I'm surpised! I installed 9.0 this morning with / as a normal ReiserFS > > partition, a swap partition and an LVM partition that spanned the remainder > > of the disk plus two other disks. I have the same set of partitions on my > > LVM volume (although the sizes are different - much larger disks) and had no > > problems. I only used the installer. > > > > However at one time I did have a problem with LVM (must have been about Beta > > 3 or 4) which Pixel though he had fixed. It was OK for me afterwards, but > > maybe I did'nt test it well enough. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Frederic Soulier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:32 PM > > Subject: [Cooker] LM9.0: Setting up LVM > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I have been trying to setup LM9.0 using LVM with no success so far... > > > The box is a vanilla Dell 4100 with a 20Gb HD, 256MB Ram & P3 933MHz > > > > > > The first pbm is that / cannot be part of the LVM... (had no pbm having > > > / part of the LVM on RH (null) and Gentoo. > > > > > > Scenario A > > > ---------- > > > 1) ran fdisk /dev/hda from tomsrtbt and created > > > - a Linux extended partition (0x85) containing: > > > swap 700Mb > > > /boot 30Mb Linux native (0x82) > > > / 250Mb Linux native (0x82) > > > LVM remaining of space (0x8e) > > > 2) started the LM installer > > > 3) during the partitioning step: > > > - changed the / type (0x82) to ReiserFS > > > - selected the LVM "Add to LVM" and named it "lv1" > > > (a new tab "lv1" appeared alongside "hda") > > > - selected the "lv1" tab > > > - created the following for the LVM: > > > - /usr 5500Mb ReiserFS > > > - /home 3500Mb ReiserFS > > > - /opt 2500Mb ReiserFS > > > - /var 4200Mb ReiserFS > > > - /tmp 1200Mb ReiserFS > > > - clicked "done" > > > - Selected all partitions to be formatted incl. extra checks > > > for bad blocks for the swap and /boot > > > - made a prayer and clicked ok > > > > > > after a while I get an error that /dev/hda7 (/ in this scenario) cannot > > > be formatted... > > > Tried to go back and clear all the partitions to start again and I got > > > error msgs "lvremove failed" (or something equivalent). > > > Tried to backtrack evenmore until drakdisk was up shit creek. > > > > > > Rebooted under tomsrtbt and cleaned up all partitions then tried again > > > using only drakdisk from a clean disk, the bloody thing would not even > > > create the LVM (0x8e) partition... > > > Tried again with partioning from fdisk (tomsrtbt) and using same > > > partitioning as above with linux native type instead of ReiserFS, no > > > more success... > > > > > > So basically, If someone had success setting up LVM in LM9.0 using only > > > drakdisk or a combination of fdisk/drakdisk then I'd like to hear from > > > you :) > > > > > > I cannot believe it's not working so maybe I'm not using drakdisk > > > correctly. > > > > > > I've got a laptop using LVM from a RH (null) install and another box > > > using LVM from a Gentoo install (this box has 3 HDs) and both > > > installation worked 1st time. > > > > > > What is wrong with drakdisk or with me ;) > > > > > > Ideas, suggestions much appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > > /Fred > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > \|||/ > ( / \ ) > ( O O ) > ______________________oOOo-( )-oOOo__________________________________ > Frederic P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OpenPGP key available on http://www.keyserver.net > 1024D/BA6700ED 49A6 8E8E 4230 8D41 1ADE B649 3203 1DD2 BA67 00ED > Gentoo Linux / Current Linux kernel 2.4.19-gentoo-r7 / SMP > ______________________________Oooo___________________________________ > oooO ( ) > ( ) ) / > \ ( (_/ > \_) > >
