Re: [PATCH] force load of lvm and raid before entering normal mode (Re: LVM on debian)

[Robert Millan]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 02:36:28PM +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> Robert Millan writes:
> 
> > I reworked and cleaned up the patch a bit.  Please, can you test this one?
> 
> This has lvm after biosdisk, which looks ok.
> 
>     grub-mkimage --output=/boot/grub/core.img --prefix=/tmp/boot/grub ext2 
> biosdisk lvm _chain
> 
> Haven't boot-tested this yet, but should be ok.

That's fine.  You could also test `update-grub' though.  Well, not you, someone
who has LVM in /usr but not in /boot.

> Btw, I'm editing grub-install all the time to not really install, what about 
> a 
> --dry-run option?  (patch against your version attached)

Not sure what will others think, but I don't see this as something useful
enough for the general user to justify the added complexity.

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