On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 03:34:25PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > reassign 378344 lvm2 > rettitle 378344 provide an howto mv root on lvm2 volume > severity 378344 wishlist > stop > > On Sat, 02 Dec 2006, Sven Luther wrote: > > > severity 378344 grave > > # Upping severity, since this bug makes a PReP d-i install not being able to > > # boot in the resulting system. Furthermore, this is a general regression > > from > > # sarge and initrd-tools. > > Thanks > > 378344 is void on the initramfs-tools side. > it's about having an documentation for moving root from > an disc device to an lvm2 volume. > that is definetly not initramfs-tools business.
Huh. did i make a mistake ? Damn. What was the bug number of the root bug ? > > Max, ... > > > > When playing with initramfs-tools Motorola Powerstack PReP box, i noticed > > that > > the machine didn't find the root device on reboot. I had chosen a LVM setup, > > not sure if this influence the issue. > > > > I had to give the root=/dev/powerstack/root argument by hand on the kernel > > command line, which is less than optimal. > > great you try to hi-jack a random non related bug. > aboves is pretty wrong and a dup of #378332 > you need to pass a real lvm2 device instead of the stupid symlink > and yes d-i gets that right. you need to pass root=/dev/mapper/vg-lv That is not the problem here, i better file a separate bug report. Theproblem is that on PReP setups, you cannot pass that root= command to the kernel in another way than typingit in at the console by hand on every reboot. > > I booted into the system, and added ROOT=/dev/powerstack/root, but it would > > be > > nice if this was autodetected, as it is done in both yaird and initrd-tools. > > > > Furthermore, it would be nice if the ROOT= option would be documented, and > > an > > empty entry would be present in the default config file, like the other > > options. Does ROOT=probe also work in initramfs-tools, like it did for > > initrd-tools ? > > no there is no ROOT=probe. > ROOT is documented in mkinitramfs.8 not last time iu looked, may have changed though. Friendly, Sven Luther > > -- > maks > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus mail. > Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
