On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Tom H wrote: >> Bob Proulx wrote:
>>> I have not myself used LVM mirroring. I have only used mdadm MD >>> mirroring. This means I am fuzzy on your exact configuration. But >>> the above tells me that you have the root volume directly on lvm using >>> the rootVG-rootLV volume. Which is fine. >> >> [AIUI (I've never used this) LVM mirroring is like mdraid level1 but >> instead of mirroring partitions, you're mirroring LVs.] > > Just a small detail of words but as I understand it lvm mirrors PVs > (physical volumes) not LVs (logical volumes). But this is simply > language and words and doesn't change anything technical. You're right! >> Could the problem be the reverse of the earlier LVM-over-MDRAID thread >> whereby changing "root=/dev/mapper/rootVG-rootLV" to >> "root=/dev/mapper/rootVG/rootLV" will allow the system to boot?! > > Good idea. But not without a typo correction. I am sure you meant to > say /dev/rootVG/rootLV instead because /dev/mapper/rootVG/rootLV does > not ever exist. Yes. I was clearly in dreamland when replying earlier! > But I think that /dev/mapper/rootVG-rootLV will exist if anything > does. One of the earlier discussion threads was that > /dev/rootVG/rootLV didn't exist until udev was kicked with a reboot > but that the /dev/mapper version was available immediately. > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/12/msg00420.html > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/12/msg00407.html Both "/dev/mapper/rootVG-rootLV" and "/dev/rootVG/rootLV" are created in my case (without any "manual" intervention from me). I thought that the latter might not be created in the initramfs but it is. You can boot using either on RHEL and Fedora so it must be possible on Debian... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Sy9eKAE_n=ppi=_r4ty5bsvlc+9dqkt9gkucq5xmsy...@mail.gmail.com
