RE: [Xen-users] Problem with xen boot if DOM0 is on the LVM, which is on RAID

["Artur Linhart - Linux communication" <AL.LINUX@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

        vgchange -a y

        works good - the 4 currently allocated volumes are found and than
also can be found in /dev/mapper/ folder.
        In initramfs scripts I rallz doid not find anz scripts which would
initiate the lvm. Is this a bug of initramfs from Ubuntu? 
        The update of the ramfs brings nothing new - the error is still the
same. But one thing is interesting, after I start update-initramfs, there
comes more times the error message:

find: /lib/firmware/2.6.18-xen : No such file or directory

        - could this mean something from Your point of view? The same
messages came also at the time I have created the first ramfs.
        Do You have any idea what to do now? Is there any other tool for the
creation of the ramfs which could be used? In the previous version I used
yaird, but with Ubuntu 7.04 it reports some strange errors...

        Thank You very much for Your help,      Diky Vladimire :-)

                Archie

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vladislav Kurz
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 5:20 PM
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Problem with xen boot if DOM0 is on the LVM,which
is on RAID

On Wednesday 30 May 2007 16:44, Artur Linhart - Linux communication wrote:
> Hello,
>
>       Thanks for response :-)
>
> I verified the kernel configurations, they are different - sure - but in
> the area of the MD/LVM this is very similar (the only difference is, the
> Xen kernel has for CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD the value "y", by the Ubuntu default
> kernel it is the value "m"), so it's looks for me like this is rather not
> the problem I have... Or what do You think?

I think this should not be a problem.

> In the /dev/mapper directory is only 1 character device with the name
> "control"
> After the system comes in the state described below,  there is such a "
> prompt"
> (initramfs)
> And the cursor is blinking there, I can use some shell commands of the
xen.
> If I start lvm, I can by lvdisplay, vgdisplay, pvdisplay see the given
> entities like I have defined it and used in Ubuntu direct, but that is all
> - it looks like the device in /dev/mapper just would not be created and I
> do not have any Idea why or what should I do...

Try this (in initramfs shell):

vgchange -a y

this should bring up all volume groups

It seems that there is no script to bring up lvm in your initrd. Check the 
contents of /script (in initramfs) or /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts if 
there is a script "lvm". Maybe regenerating the initrd might help. Try this 
(on normally booted system):

update-initramfs -u -k 2.6.18-xen

(At least this should work on debian, I expect ubuntu to be similar)

-- 
Regards
        Vladislav Kurz


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