Fwd: FW: LFS GRUB, LVM and a separate boot partition woes

[Tony Sequeira]

-----Original Message-----
> From: David Balazic [mailto:address@hidden

> lilo.conf and grub.conf, please

OK, I'm at work now, I'll send them as soon as I get home.

Cheers

Tony Sequeira wrote:
> 
> I am not sure whether this is a bug, but I have exhausted all other
> avenues, except for reading and comparing source files, which I am
not
> qualified for, and do not have the time to learn.
> 
> I will post a short description of the problem, and await requests
for
> further details, if required.
> 
> I am building an LFS (Linux From Scratch) system, which boots OK with
> LILO.  This has a separate boot partition (non LVM), and also a non
> LVM root partition.
> 
> LILO has no problem booting this system with current LFS scripts.
> 
> GRUB has a problem, because (I assume) the root partition is mounted
> ro when a vgscan is done.
> 
> What I would like to know (for my own peace of mind), is, why this
> works with LILO and not with GRUB.  I am not looking for a fix, just
> an explanation.
> 
> > > NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
> > > Mounting proc file system...
> > > [ OK     ]
> > > Setting up LVM Volume Groups...
> > > vgscan -- ERROR "creating lvmtab" creating lvmtab <<============
> > > vgscan -- no volume groups found                  <<============
> > >
> > > loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg00" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg01" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg02" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg0e" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg1a" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vg2b" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgd0" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgd1" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgd2" successfully activated
> > > vgchange -- volume group "vgme" successfully activated
> > >
> > > [ OK     ]
> > > Activating all swap files/partitions...
> > > Adding Swap: 1048568k swap-space (priority -1)
> > > [ OK     ]
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------

-- 
Tony