On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:52:26 -0500, Seb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, On Debian sid system, I successfully created a LVM logical volume > in a volume group in a USB external hard drive using > system-config-lvm. The logical volume was designated as ext3, created > a mount point for it under /media, and it was also added to /etc/fstab > by that tool. The following entry in /etc/fstab was created:
> /dev/SUPER/RODINIA /media/RODINIA ext3 defaults 1 2 > However, problems occur during boot-up, with a message "fsck no such > file or directory while trying to open /dev/SUPER/RODINIA" (couldn't > save the full message), and the option to enter root password or press > "Control-D" was offered. Doing the latter, allowed the booting > procedure to continue, but the LVM volume could not be mounted. The > volume mounts fine from system-config-lvm (using option "edit > properties" and choosing "mount"), but the /etc/fstab entry is > obviously broken. Some people report that it might be a timing issue, > whereby udev doesn't create the devices fast enough, but it's not > clear how to get around this or if this is really the problem here. > Any tips would be welcome. The problem is the one described here: http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=51146&start=0 but it's hard to believe that this would require tinkering with /etc/rc.local to work around. -- Seb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
