On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 07:43:59PM -0300, Eduardo wrote: > On 7/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 03:03:09PM -0400, S Scharf wrote: > >> > >> My recollection is that you cannot have the /boot directory > >> on a Logical Volume. I created two RAID partitions, one > >> for the /boot directory and one for the LVM for everything > >> else. > > > >My experience is that , using LILO, you can't have the files LILO needs > >at boot time on an LVM on a RAID. I don't know whether it's RAID or LVM > >or both that cause the problem. My /usr is an LVM on a RAID. But lilo > >seems to need some files on /usr at boot time. I presume it can't find > >their block addresses when I run > > lilo -v > >and therefore cannot set up to boot. > > > > I run another server with /boot under LVM, I think that RAID isnt > supported, donno...
It probably is RAID that lilo doesn't support. > > >If I knew what these files were, I could try putting them on /boot > >and symbolically linking to them. Or is my whole analysis completely > >wrong? /boot is on a reiserfs. Could that be the problem instead? > > There's no problem to use reiserfs on /boot Good. > > > > >grub boots OK. The 32-bit grup even boots the 64-bit alternate boot > >partition OK. (i've got an AMD64) But I'd like to use lilo to set > >up a boot floppy -- just in case. Now if I only knew what files lilo is trying to find on /usr ... -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
