Hey Simon! Simon Josefsson <si...@josefsson.org> writes: > I'm thinking that having the root file system on LVM may be unsupported, > so that manual could say that, but I'm not even sure that is true. I > haven't tried it though. Perhaps 'lvm2' should be pre-installed on the > default installation image to help move LVM support along. > > Another thought may be that constructing LVM partitions through the > mapped-device mechanism is not supported: > > http://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Mapped-Devices.html > > however as far as I can tell, LVM is working just as well as LUKS/RAID > here: LVM just doesn't need any command to start the devices. The > mapped-device approach appear to require out-of-band device creation for > LUKS and RAID, just like is required for LVM. A no-op > `lvm-device-mapping' could be added for completeness, and it might run > 'pvscan --active ay' or something like that if we really wanted to but > I'm not sure when that would be useful.
I use a root fs on lvm. What helped me a lot was this posting, where I stole most things: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-guix/2020-02/msg00285.html What (currrently) isnt working is the lvm device-mapper and (for me more important) lvmcache... -- Fly Windows NT: All the passengers carry their seats out onto the tarmac, placing the chairs in the outline of a plane. They all sit down, flap their arms and make jet swooshing sounds as if they are flying.
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