Bug#485572: lvm2: Outdated README? (suggests root on LVM is not supported by Debian initrds).

Andreas Krüger andreas.krueger at famsik.de
Tue Jun 10 08:11:35 UTC 2008


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Package: lvm2
Version: 2.02.06-4etch1
Severity: minor

Please review the content of /usr/share/doc/lvm2/README.Debian.

In particular:

> This doc directory contains a script called lvm2create_initrd. This
> is to help people who want to run LVM2 as their root filesystem. It
> is not compatible with the Debian initrds so you should only use
> this script if you really know what you are doing.

The wording may well be precise if read carefully.  But it does create
the impression that "root on LVM2" is not supported by standard Debian
initrds.  That, at least, is no longer true (at least not on the
architecture I'm using).

I am not aware of any Howto "port existing Debian 'root on /dev/hd* or
/dev/sd*' to LVM". If such exists, it should probably be mentioned
in the README.

Regards, and thank you for providing fine software,

Andreas Krüger
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- -- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-k7
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 at euro (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages lvm2 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.11etch1       Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdevmapper1.02       2:1.02.08-1       The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use
ii  libncurses5            5.5-5             Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libreadline5           5.2-2             GNU readline and history libraries
ii  libselinux1            1.32-3            SELinux shared libraries
ii  libsepol1              1.14-2            Security Enhanced Linux policy lib
ii  lvm-common             1.5.20            The Logical Volume Manager for Lin

lvm2 recommends no packages.

- -- debconf information:
  lvm2/snapshots:

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