Re: [linux-lvm] 0.8i --> 0.8final

[Heinz Mauelshagen <mauelsha ez-darmstadt telekom de>]

> Hi
> 
> I tried to migrate my system (currently running 2.2.14 / 0.8i with devfs)
> to 2.3.99-pre1 with the lvm patch applied. I built the new user space
> tools and copied the new vgscan and vgchange and liblvm.so to my initrd
> image (as i'm using root on LVM) and tried to boot. It failed as the
> vgscan reported no volume groups! I was unable to debug further as I can't
> boot into anything using this new kernel now - so i've reverted to 2.2.14.
> Any ideas?

The new lib uses /proc/partitions to figure out the existing block devices
by default.

Did you create your initrd file with the new lvmcreate_initrd, which
takes care of mounting /proc?

> 
> CHeers!
> 
> James
> 

Heinz
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