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Bug#513504: flash-kernel should handle LVM roots better
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* Paul Jakma [2009-01-29 17:45]:
> Package: flash-kernel
> Version: 2.12
> Severity: critical
Thinking about this some more, I realized that this situation must be
quite rare. d-i generates a /etc/fstab in the form of /dev/mapper/...
so in order to end up with a
* Paul Jakma [2009-01-29 21:21]:
>> # Record the root filesystem device for use during boot
>> rootdev=$(egrep '^[^#]+[ ]+/[]' /etc/fstab | awk '{print
>> $1}') || true
>
> Aside: I think this may be fragile (literal tabs), using [:white:] would
> be better. Indeed, grep piped to
Hi,
This works for me, see comments below!
On Thu, 29 Jan 2009, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
maks, can you comment on this patch. I've attached the full hook
for context. Maybe you'll find other cases that need to be handled
in a special way.
Index: initramfs-tools/hooks/flash_kernel_set_root
* Paul Jakma [2009-01-29 17:45]:
> A workaround, according to tbm, would be to have flash-kernel
> canonicalise LVM devices to their /dev/mapper/... form - I gather.
It's not a workaround; it's the proper solution.
maks, can you comment on this patch. I've attached the full hook for
context. M
Package: flash-kernel
Version: 2.12
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
LVM roots are not handled well. If one specifies an LVM root in
/etc/fstab in the form of /dev/vg/lv (e.g. /dev/VG-n2100/root_lv)
then the system will fail to boot. Instead, one must use the
/dev/mapp
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