Re: install grub on LVM

[Fred Grant <fgrant powercom net>]

On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 09:56 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 06:39 -0500, Fred Grant wrote:
> > I want to install grub on hd1 boot partition which is LVM.  Grub doesn't
> > seem to recognize it.
> 
> You can't do that.  Grub doesn't understand LVM (nor will any boot
> loader).  Grub must be installed in the MBR or in the beginning of a
> standard filesystem...not something layered on top of LVM.  LVM will
> not be recognized until the kernel is running, and by the time that
> happens, grub is long out of the picture.
> 
Hey Rick:
 you didn't comment on the f5 to f7 upgrade question.  I'd appreciate
any comments you might have
-- 
Fred