On Sunday 15 July 2007 22:00:15 Hendrik Boom wrote: > Fixed /etc/fstab so that it now refers to /dev/lovesong/gentoo. And fstab > gets the message, because it now complains that there's no > /dev/lovesong/gentoo. And when I get a shell, I discover that it's > right. There is now no /etc/lovesong at all. /dev/mapper exists, but it > contains only /dev/mapper/control. > > using your workaround of changing the pass from 1 to 0 in the /etc/fstab > file, it boots. But I still have no access to the other partitions on > the disk. I still have no /dev/lovesong. except of course that > /dev/lovesong/gentoo has been mounted. And /dev/mapper still contains > only /dev/mapper/control.
Hmm, more interesting. Sounds like you don't have lvm2 (sys-fs/lvm2) installed. Genkernel pulls it's own version in to build the initrd/ramfs, but the actual install will need it merged separately to "start" LVM at boot. If you get Gentoo booted you could try manually "starting" LVM: vgscan pvscan vgchange -ay It's vgchange -ay that makes all logical volumes in all volume groups available, the two scans just makes sure device mapper is aware of all devices and volumes. -- Mike Williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
