RE: [Bug-grub] [Bug #977] [PATCH] full Linux-LVM support

[Gregg C Levine]

Hello from Gregg C Levine
But the bug report, does not even state the obvious. Whose distribution
is he using? And which version is it? And I agree with you, on the
notion that LVM is definitely not RAID. They are two totally different
animals.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf
Of
> Jason Thomas
> Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 7:27 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Bug-grub] [Bug #977] [PATCH] full Linux-LVM support
> 
> Note: LVM is not RAID
> 
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 08:00:11AM -0400, address@hidden
wrote:
> >
> > =================== BUG #977: LATEST MODIFICATIONS
> ==================
> > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=977&group_id=68
> >
> > Changes by: Anonymous user        Date: 2002-Aug-12 08:00
> >
> > ------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments
----------------------------
> > Nice to see that someone took over this task.
> > This should enable booting from an mirrored md device holding an lvm
root
> partition (Raid 1).
> >
> > Question: Did anyone check wether this is possible from an RAID 5
arranged
> software raid?
> >
> >
> >
> > =================== BUG #977: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT
> ===================
> >
> >
> > Submitted by: None                      Project: GNU GRUB
> > Submitted on: 2002-Aug-11 14:04
> > Category:  Disk & Partition         Severity:  Major
> > Priority:  None                         Bug Group:  Feature Request
> > Resolution:  None                       Assigned to:  None
> > Status:  Open                           Release:  0.92
> > Reproducibility:  Every Time            Planned Release:
> >
> > Summary:  [PATCH] full Linux-LVM support
> >
> > Original Submission:  Attached is a diff against grub (sorry, not
latest release, I
> hope this is not a serious problem) which adds full Linux-LVM support
to grub. It
> even supports loading of stage2 from stage1.5 (+4k) and any
combination of
> Volume Groups and Logical Volumes. Snapshot volumes are untested, but
should
> work. LVs are accessed like this:
> > "root <system:boot>", i.e. <vgname:lvname> - the corresponding block
devices
> are sorted out by the LVM code. Autocompletion works, it is documented
in
> grub.texi, selectable via configure, the ChangeLog was updated - I
tried to make it
> as complete as possible.
> > One point remains: I copied linalloc_* from gunzip.c and adjusted
the memory
> address, it seems to work but please someone else look at it to make
sure it is
> correct.
> > (If my estimations are correct, it won't conflict with gunzip.c, but
I don't know
> what lies below that memory area. 256GB total LV space uses ~512k
memory
> currently)
> >
> >
> > Follow-up Comments
> > *******************
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: 2002-Aug-12 08:00             By: None
> > Nice to see that someone took over this task.
> > This should enable booting from an mirrored md device holding an lvm
root
> partition (Raid 1).
> >
> > Question: Did anyone check wether this is possible from an RAID 5
arranged
> software raid?
> >
> >
> > File Attachments
> > ****************
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: 2002-Aug-11 14:04  Name: grub-lvm.diff  Size: 38KB   By: None
> > patch for LVM support
> >
>
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?group_id=68&bug_id=977&bug_fil
e_i
> d=71
> >
> >
> > For detailed info, follow this link:
> > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=977&group_id=68
> >
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