On 1/26/06, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Kirchner wrote: > > On 1/26/06, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>You can play with things as you like, but I wouldn't do it. > >>I had problems with LVM and got rid of it. Over on Fedora, > >>I've only seen one say "I'm glad I used LVM", but on a regular > >>basis someone gets bitten. > > > > > > Agreed. I haven't used LVM, but if you're having problems with a flaky > > drive, adding another layer of complexity (LVM, software RAID, etc) > > won't usually end up helping. > > Well, he did say he was replacing the drive. > > [snip] >
well, just to attach the answer to the thread: I tried various things ( installing a number of stock and custom kernels, generating various initrds using initramfs & yaird, chroots, grub-installs, etc... In the end, I did the following: -shrank the logical volume with my main system by about 5 gigs -did a quick server install of ubuntu dapper with manual partition -- I used the same /boot partition as I use for the main system, put the new system on the new lv, and left the main lv alone. -at boot time, manually edited the kernel stanza to pointt o my main system. - voila! it worked! Now I've permanently edited /boot/grub/menu.lst and the system seems to be booting just fine. Presumably there was some problem either with the way I was installing grub OR with the menu.lst listings I myself had tried. either way, it works now. not exactly a success, but a crude hack anyway. Matt > Mike > --