my /dev/hda is getting a little flaky, so I am replacing it with a new one. I also am tired of constantly juggling partitions around ( I made too many when I setthis ocmputer up) so I am looking to try out lvm. I've set up a new disk as follows:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hde1 * 1 31 248976 83 Linux /dev/hde2 32 9729 77899185 5 Extended /dev/hde5 32 9729 77899153+ 8e Linux LVM within the lvm I have one partition for / and so far no others (may change that e.g. to give /var its own fs). This setup will be great, I hope, but it also means that the lvm needs to be active on boot. I notice two things: 1 -- my current kernel doesn't use an initrd & doesn't have lvm support compiled into the main kernel. (I'm assuming this is "CONFIG_MD" which is set to "M" -- I don't see any other obvious config options) I think I can do this manually with yaird or mkinitrd -- am I correct in thinking so? I'd like to avoid recompiling as i use several 3rd-party modules & the suspend2 patches, which makes compilation cumbersome. 2 -- I notice that the lvm isn't recognized and activated on reboot -- I assume this is because I don't have the requisite "vgscan -ay" in my init scripts. I don't like messing witht hose manually -- I'm wondering whether I'm somehow missing the package that would have installed these scripts, or whether that package needs to be reinstalled. Haven't found an obvious candidate. Appreciate the help as always. thanks, matt -------------------------- .''`. Matt Price : :' : Debian User `. `'` & hemi-geek `- -------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
