[linux-lvm] Problem with LVM root

[Mo Katz]

Nope that's not it.  I have a normal /dev, no devfs, i'm not crazy enough
to muck about with that yet.  :-) Thanks for hte suggestion, tho'

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On Fri, 18 May 2001, Jos Visser wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Could it be that you are using the devfs /dev device file system? In
> that case /dev is not mounted after you changed the root file system
> (using the pivot_root() system call). When init starts, it communicates
> with others through the /dev/initctl file. When that file does not
> exist, it loops...
> 
> The solution? In your linuxrc, mount /dev after changing the root file
> system.
> 
> ++Jos
>
> P.S. It might of course well be something else, but I experienced the
> same behaviour and this turned out to be the solution....
>