Re: [linux-lvm] 'vgscan' at boot-up

[Sander <sander sanderscorner com>]

David S. wrote:

> I'm using lvm2-2.00.15 and device-mapper-1.00.17 on a Slackware (x86)
> system, with a 2.6.9 kernel and udev-026.  I've created a volume
> group and a logical volume without any trouble, but the file system
> I built on the volume won't mount at boot-up.  That's apparently
> because the 'vgscan' program run from the system initialization
> script does not find an volume groups.  After the system boots,
> 'vgscan' works fine.  I can get the file system mounted by putting
>
> 	/sbin/vgscan 2>/dev/null
> 	sleep 10
> 	/sbin/vgchange -ay
> 	/sbin/mount -a
>
> in 'rc.local'.  Does anyone have a idea why 'vgscan' would fail
> in the sytem initialization script, but succeed in 'rc.local'?
>
> David S.
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What version of Slackware? I use LVM with 8.1 and 9.1. In 9.1 it should 
work 'out-of-the-box' in 8.1 I had to put the LVM mounting stuf  my 
self. Did you put  / on a logical volume? Is /proc mounted before you 
try to bring the volumes online (i remember I had to do that in 8.1)

Sander