Re: [linux-lvm] cannot mount logical volume on boot

[Ben Snyder <ben jumpline com>]

bscott ntisys com wrote:

>  It sounds like the LVM is not up and running properly with the LV
> available when the filesystem check is run, causing the fsck to fail,
> causing the initscripts to drop you into the emergency "your system is
> really hosed" shell at boot.
>  
Yeah, just trying to figure out why, excatly.

>  Instead of a hardlink, try a symlink.  I suspect the hardlink is causing
> the device node magic in the LVM userland programs to get all borked up.
>
>  

After reading your suggestion I thought I'd give that a shot...what I 
get is a message telling me  /dev/sdz1 is not a valid block device.