Re: lvm Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya henrique On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 03 Oct 2005, Alvin Oga wrote: > > lilo, syslinux, loadlin, etc doesn't have the same whacky > > problems/requirements/restricktions that grub imposes > > But they have their own set of limits. yup.. > > you can

Re: lvm Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005, Alvin Oga wrote: > lilo, syslinux, loadlin, etc doesn't have the same whacky > problems/requirements/restricktions that grub imposes But they have their own set of limits. > you can always boot almost anything .. This is incorrect. > lvm ... > - what a pain in the bu

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005, Mike McCarty wrote: > >>And depending on how LVM/device-mapper is employed to map the root > >>partition, it would be *very* difficult for grub to do so. > > Why so? Isn't that the reason for the file_system_type_stage1_5? stage 1.5 cannot very well find WHAT you are going to

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Dick Davies
On 03/10/05, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have yet to understand what advantage LVM gives me. Can anyone > explain why LVM was added, and what advantages/disadvantages > it has? LVM is great as an abstraction layer. The main benefits are: * ability to dynamically resize LVs (logic

Re: lvm Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Alvin Oga wrote: On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Mike McCarty wrote: And depending on how LVM/device-mapper is employed to map the root partition, it would be *very* difficult for grub to do so. I object to you quoting my message like this, and cutting attributions. I did not write this. lilo, syslin

lvm Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Alvin Oga
On Mon, 3 Oct 2005, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> And depending on how LVM/device-mapper is employed to map the root > >> partition, it would be *very* difficult for grub to do so. lilo, syslinux, loadlin, etc doesn't have the same whacky problems/requirements/restricktions that grub imposes you c

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Mike McCarty
Jason Martens wrote: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Mon, 03 Oct 2005, Mirko Parthey wrote: I didn't verify it, but I suspect there is no grub version with such support. And depending on how LVM/device-mapper is employed to map the root partition, it would be *very* difficult fo

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Jason Martens
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Mon, 03 Oct 2005, Mirko Parthey wrote: I didn't verify it, but I suspect there is no grub version with such support. And depending on how LVM/device-mapper is employed to map the root partition, it would be *very* difficult for grub to do so. One

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 03 Oct 2005, Mirko Parthey wrote: > I didn't verify it, but I suspect there is no grub version with such > support. And depending on how LVM/device-mapper is employed to map the root partition, it would be *very* difficult for grub to do so. One may want to ressurect the idea of /boot in

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Mirko Parthey
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 01:06:16PM -0500, Jason Martens wrote: > >>>I believe your /boot partition needs to be on a non LVM partition. > >>Well, I can boot just fine with a root partition on the LVM volume using > >>LILO. I believe this is because my initrd has the LVM drivers included, > >>so it

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Jason Martens
Dick Davies wrote: I believe your /boot partition needs to be on a non LVM partition. John Well, I can boot just fine with a root partition on the LVM volume using LILO. I believe this is because my initrd has the LVM drivers included, so it can recognize the root partition.

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-10-03 Thread Jason Martens
John Schmidt wrote: On Friday 30 September 2005 05:03 pm, Jason Martens wrote: Hey all, I kind of got myself into a pickle. I just installed Debian Sarge on a new server, and I used the expert mode for installation. That all went fine, and I created one large partition for LVM, and creat

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-09-30 Thread John Schmidt
On Friday 30 September 2005 05:03 pm, Jason Martens wrote: > Hey all, >I kind of got myself into a pickle. I just installed Debian Sarge on > a new server, and I used the expert mode for installation. That all > went fine, and I created one large partition for LVM, and created a root > partit

Re: Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-09-30 Thread anoop aryal
On Friday 30 September 2005 06:03 pm, Jason Martens wrote: > Hey all, >I kind of got myself into a pickle. no wonder the pickle tasted funny :P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Want to move from root LVM/LILO to LVM/Grub

2005-09-30 Thread Jason Martens
Hey all, I kind of got myself into a pickle. I just installed Debian Sarge on a new server, and I used the expert mode for installation. That all went fine, and I created one large partition for LVM, and created a root partition in a volume group, so right now my root partition is at /dev/