[Mageia-dev] udev in initrd and/or using dracut (LVM root fs related)

Wed Oct 19 23:13:56 CEST 2011

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:20:35 -0400, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+
+> In testing a more extensive use of systemd (i.e. using it to mount
+> filesystems etc. rather than using rc.sysinit) I've run into a few
+> problems regarding the fact that my LVM is activated in the initrd.
+
+I'm using lvm in my cauldron and Mandriva 2011 installs.
+
+I have / on a primary partition, with /usr, /var, /home, /opt, and
+/tmp on lvm volumes.
+
+I previously had /var/log on a primary partition, but that did give
+me a problem with /var/log getting mounted before /var.  Once I
+moved /var/log back into /var, mounting is ok. I have to kill
+plymouth for a run level 3 boot, and have run into problems with
+systemd timing out a mount, when an fsck has to run due to the
+filesystem mount count, but haven't taken the time to file bug
+reports on those yet.
+
+My cauldron install started out as a Mandriva 2009.1 install, updated
+via urpmi to 2010.2, then to Mageia 1, then to Cauldron.
+
+Any info you think would be useful to figure out why it's working for
+me, and not on your system?
+
+Regards, Dave Hodgins
+