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It should +contain enough info to brink up both the root and the swap lvm. + +Note that the swap lvm is included thanks to the file +51-mageia-resume.conf (to handle the resume= case where swap is on LVM), +but the root FS detection is built into dracut, so if it's entry is +missing in the cmdline.d file then dracut itself is where the bug lies. + + +Which version of dracut did you use to create the initrd used here? If +it was dracut-025.1 then I think this is understandable as there was a +bug related to something similar relating to encrypted filesystems (it +didn't affect me here with pure LVM (no crypt), so it may not be the +issue you have) If it's still a problem with dracut-025.3 then I'll need +to look further. + +As mentioned, problem fixed seemed to manifest itself more with the fact +that the encryption module wasn't included, but if you have an encrypted +root (or the LVM is on an encrypted volume) then I can see this causing +problems (due to not detecting the encrypted volume, it won't then +traverse it to find any slaves needed for it and thus never get to the +LVM parent) and the 025.3 dracut should fix it (at least in theory, tho' +I would not rule out any other problems in this regard! + +So some more info about when the initrd was generated and when the +latest dracut version was installed would be useful to debug this +further. Also a description of your disk layout would be good too allow +me to create a similar setup for debugging. + +Cheers :) + +Col + + + + +-- + +Colin Guthrie +colin(at)mageia.org +<A HREF="http://colin.guthr.ie/">http://colin.guthr.ie/</A> + +Day Job: + Tribalogic Limited <A HREF="http://www.tribalogic.net/">http://www.tribalogic.net/</A> +Open Source: + Mageia Contributor <A HREF="http://www.mageia.org/">http://www.mageia.org/</A> + PulseAudio Hacker <A HREF="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">http://www.pulseaudio.org/</A> + Trac Hacker <A HREF="http://trac.edgewall.org/">http://trac.edgewall.org/</A> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="022939.html">[Mageia-dev] System doen't boot with LVM +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="022943.html">[Mageia-dev] System doen't boot with LVM +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#22941">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#22941">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#22941">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#22941">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |