[wplug] Install Question -- upstream (RHEL 4) initrd/support bug

[Michael H. Semcheski]

On 7/25/07, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> Ahhh, yes, the upstream RHEL 4 Update 4/5 bugs.  Yes, this happens on
> occasion with select LVM setups.  As much as I love LVM2, I don't quite
> trust it for booting yet -- and I don't think I ever will on x86[-64]
> because of the PC BIOS (don't get me started).

Yes, this is definitely that bug.


> So I typically make three (3) legacy BIOS/DOS disk label (partition
> table) slices (primary partitions), and then then the fourth is the LVM2
> (8E) disk label.  One of the former is the / filesystem.  I don't even
> mess with separate /boot (and haven't for a long time) -- that way I can
> always get to /bin, /etc, /sbin, etc... despite the worst of
> circumstances.

So you make three slices and an LVM2 disk label:

/
swap
/home
LVM

is that right?

I'm sure LVM2 has some wonderful properties and important friends, but
at this point, I think its a pain.  mount, damn you!

$ lvm
> vgchange -a y
> quit
$ mount /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 /mnt/sysimage
mount: Mounting ... on ... failed: invalid arguement

I can try that with -t ext3, -t ext2, -r, no difference.

I get the sense that I'm missing something in lvm.  Don't know if
thats the case.