Canek Peláez Valdés <can...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:26 PM, <cov...@ccs.covici.com> wrote: > [snip] > > > > Well, the workaround sort of worked -- it went through the initrd -- I > > had debug in the kernel command line, but it did not stop for nothing! > > When it went to the real root, however it did not activate any of the > > lvm volumes I had except for what I specified in the kernel command > > line, causing things not to work well. Also, I noticed that if insisted > > on using the predictable network names, even though I have > > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and > > /etc/udev/rules.d/80-name-slot.rules which work fine in openrc to give > > me back my eth* names. So all in all, it was a mess and took me to an > > emergency shell and that was the end of that. I did eventually activate > > some volumes by lvchange -aay, but obviously that would not work well. > > OK, I was a little mystified about why dracut-036 worked on my system > and 037 didn't. Before I tried any workaround, I wanted to know what > changed from the previous version to the current one. > > So I generated an initramfs with dracut-036-r4 and another one with > dracut-037-r1, and I tried to see what changed from one to the other. > The answer is surprisingly easy: in /etc/cmdline.d/, the following > files where in the 036-r4 version, but not in the 037-r4: > > 90crypt.conf > 90lvm.conf > 90mdraid.conf > base.conf > > Te contents of those files are (90crypt.conf is empty): > > 90lvm.conf > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol1 > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol4 > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol3 > > 90mdraid.conf > rd.md.uuid=f4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12 > > base.conf > ro > > So I just changed my /etc/default/grub file: > > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd quiet nosplash > rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol1 rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol4 rd.lvm.lv=vg/vol3 > rd.md.uuid=f4a59e68:fbe4039f:a39fc86d:e9e91e12" > > I regenerated my GRUB2 config, and now again my LVM test system works > perfectly with the latest dracut version. > > The thing is, I *ALWAYS* use the -H (host only) option, so it was my > understanding that the command line should be automatically generated, > and it was on 036, but now it doesn't in 037. I think that's a bug. > > John, with respect to your case: did you used "dracut --print-cmdline" > to get the command line? Also, have you tried to use -H to generate > your initramfs?
I did not try the -H, I may test with that later. I did look at the --print-cmdline and copied the volumes they mentioned, but I have other lvm volumes in my fstab and none of them were activated, only the ones I specified in the command line! This is where I have run into problems. I have quite a few lvms, I want them all activated! Also, since I wrote the last message, I have been looking at the journalctl output and discovered a couple of things which I would like some help on, but getting the lvms to work is more important. First, whatever happened to DefaultControllers -- I want to disable those cpu hierarchies, but that option seems to have disappeared without a trace, although you can google and see it in some documentation. The keyword also was not accepted in an install section I have, what is the matter with that? I want to use my sysklogd for my syslog, how can I use that with systemd? Thanks so much for all your help on these things. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com