Hi, On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 07:20 +0000, Sune Vuorela wrote: > On 2008-06-16, William Pitcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That doesn't strike me as a valid configuration. Infact, it shouldn't > > work with lilo because lilo wants /boot to be on a real device. The fact > > that it does should be considered a bug, not a feature. > > lilo-22.8$ head debian/patches/01_devmapper.dpatch > #! /bin/sh -e > ## > ## All lines beginning with `## DP:' are a description of the patch. > ## DP: Patch to make lilo understand device-mapper block devices. > ## DP: Bug#229932 >
That patch only makes lilo map LVMs to an appropriate physical device. It does not guarantee that you will be able to boot off of an LV on a physical volume. As such, the behaviour is still undefined. Consider a situation where /boot spans multiple PVs, and you will see lilo fail to boot the system correctly. If /boot happens to be on a single PV, then it will work, but it is still not guaranteed. William
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