> On Tuesday 11 December 2012 01:14:39 PM IST, J. Roeleveld wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have a raid0 (kernel autodetect) array, over which I have put LVM
>>> and then there are volumes on the LVM for /var, /tmp, swap and /home.
>>>
>>> The problem is, raid0 array gets recognized, but localmount fails to
>>> mount because lvm doesn't seem to start before localmount (due to my
>>> root being on SSD, I can't watch the output of openrc easily).
>>>
>>> For now I have added this to my rc.conf -
>>> rc_localmount_before="lvm"
>>
>> In other words: "localmount" should run before "lvm"
>>
>>> rc_localmount_need="lvm"
>>
>> "localmount" requires "lvm"
>>
>>> rc_lvm_after="localmount"
>>
>> "lvm" should run after "localmount"
>>
>> Line 1 and 3 do the same. Line 2 is a contradiction.
>>
>>> This fixes the problem, but localmount still executes before lvm and
>>> terminates with operational error. Then lvm starts up and localmount
>>> runs again successfully.
>>>
>>> Any idea why this happens?
>>
>> Yes (See above)
>>
>>> The localmount script in init.d has proper depends:
>>>
>>> depend()
>>> {
>>> need fsck
>>> use lvm modules mtab
>>> after lvm modules
>>> keyword -jail -openvz -prefix -vserver -lxc
>>> }
>>
>> This should work.
>>
>> I actually have a similar setup and did not need to add the lines to
>> rc.conf.
>> All I did was do what I was told:
>> Add "lvm" to the "boot" runlevel.
>>
>> Can you remove the lines from "rc.conf", ensure "lvm" is in the "boot"
>> runlevel (And not in any other, like "default") and then let us know if
>> you still get the error during reboot?
>>
>> If it all goes by too fast, can you press "I" during boot to get
>> interactive and then let us know:
>> 1) Which starts first, "lvm" or "localmount"
>> 2) What error messages do you see for any of the services.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Joost Roeleveld
>>
>>
>
> Removing those lines didn't help,
What is the end-result without the lines?
> but I removed my stupidity there --
> the contradicting dependency issue.
> It still doesn't start up before localmount.
>
> What I get when rc.conf is default without any manually inserted
> depends/etc:
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25780056/2012-12-11%2012.46.59.jpg &
> https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25780056/2012-12-11%2012.48.13.jpg
>
> My current rc.conf has this:
>
> rc_localmount_need="lvm"
> rc_localmount_after="lvm"
> rc_fsck_after="lvm"
> rc_fsck_need="lvm"
> rc_lvm_before="localmount"
>
> At least I have a usable system now and doesn't use my SSD for /var due
> to the failed LVM mount.
> But this results in one localmount failure -> lvm -> localmount success.
>
> I'm on openrc 0.11.8.
I use an older version still.
In rc.conf, I only set the "need" lines for init-scripts I created myself.
I never used the other lines.
Do you have /usr on / ? Or on a seperate partition?
Which metadata version did you use for the software raid setup?
Can you add "mdadm" to the boot-runlevel?
--
Joost
