Bug#571438: Does not set up root device on boot

Looking into this bug again, it seems that it's the same problem as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1011704. udev apparently needs OPTIONS+="db_persist" set at some point in the initrd or it throws away the necessary information. I've made this change locally (adding the attached file

Bug#571438: Does not set up root device on boot

It would help if I didn't forget the transcript... Script started on Thu 25 Feb 2010 08:57:25 AM EST # udevadm info --query=env --path=/devices/virtual/block/dm-0 UDEV_LOG=3 DEVPATH=/devices/virtual/block/dm-0 MAJOR=252 MINOR=0 DEVNAME=dm-0 DEVTYPE=disk SUBSYSTEM=block # udevadm trigger --verbose -

Bug#571438: Does not set up root device on boot

Package: dmsetup Version: 2.02.54-1 The udev rules provided by this package set a number of environment variables on dm devices, which in turn are used by other applications like devicekit-disks. On my system, where / is on an LVM logical volume, these variables do not get set for that device; see