[linux-lvm] Re: LVM 1.03 root file system on Redhat 7.3
James B. Byrne
Support at Harte-Lyne.ca
Thu May 30 12:42:01 UTC 2002
On 30 May 2002 at 1:22, linux-lvm-request at sistina.com wrote:
> What I am seeing is this:
>
> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-7 errno = 2
>
> repeated 16 times, followed by
>
> vgvchange -- volume group "vg00" successfully activated
>
> VFS: Cannot open root device "vg00"/lv01: or 00:00
> Please append correct "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
The kmod error is reputedly caused by the ramdisk image file
(created by lvmcreate_initrd) not containing a /sbin/modprobe
command. How can I verify if this is so? I note that redhat has
/sbin/modprobe as a logical link to insmod. Could this be confusing
lvmcreate_initrd?
Regards,
Jim
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