[Mageia-dev] WARNING to users with LVM drives.

Sat Oct 29 14:43:44 CEST 2011

When you do the latest round of Cauldron updates, you will be using a
+new version of systemd that now uses udev information to detect when LVM
+volumes are ready.
+
+In the past with mkinitrd this information was never available due to
+the fact that LVM volumes were activated before udev started and thus
+appropriate change events could never be fired. We are now recommending
+the use of dracut over mkinitrd. Therefore, you should see the previous
+mail on this list about installing and testing dracut (you just need to
+install it and regenerate your initrd).
+
+
+If you find yourself with a system that is unable to boot, do not fret.
+
+You should be prompted to enter your root password to enter an emergency
+shell (you may have to press ESC to get rid of Plymouth graphics to see it).
+
+Once you enter your root password (the rootfs will still be mounted OK),
+then just manually call "mount /foo" for each partition you have on LVM
+(the commands should all work) and then type: "systemctl start
+graphical.target".
+
+Nothing here is fatal, but you need to be armed with info so as not to
+get stuck!
+
+Col
+
+
+-- 
+
+Colin Guthrie
+colin(at)mageia.org
+http://colin.guthr.ie/
+
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