Re: Any reason why we can't auto-start LVM (vg's) in the kernel?

2001-01-31 Thread Andreas Dilger
Steve, writes: > Is there any reason why we can't auto-detect/bring up volume-groups in the > kernel instead of creating a ramdisk volume to do a vgscan and then mount a > rootlv? Um, yes, because it won't work. The user tools do the I/O of LVM state information to the disk. The kernel LVM modu

Any reason why we can't auto-start LVM (vg's) in the kernel?

2001-01-31 Thread List User
Is there any reason why we can't auto-detect/bring up volume-groups in the kernel instead of creating a ramdisk volume to do a vgscan and then mount a rootlv? Just trying to see if there is a way (or would make sense) to skip the ramdisk stage in mounting a root logical volume. Steve - To unsub