[plug] LVM in Mandrake 8.1 - fresh install won't boot

[Daniel]

Hi Craig and Plug,
no kernel rebuild or distro reinstallation attempted yet.
Grub comes up and selecting either linux or 'failsafe' fails-
The first relevant errors appear to be:
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mounting /dev/extra1  ..... failed
mounting /dev/extra2  ..... failed
var /log/wtmp   ..... no such file or directory
Starting system logger: appears to hang for a long period
--root [891]: ROOT LOGIN ON vc/1
bash: id: command not found.
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Anyway it seems I've got a bit to learn about installing LVM!
Any direction you can give me will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Daniel.
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Craig Ringer <craig at postnewspapers.com.au> replied:
> > I guess LVM is installed as a kernel module.
>If it was set up by a gui os installer like mandrake, etc (I assume thats
>what you mean) it will have included the lvm module in an initrd which will
>also be loaded by lilo. So that is unlikely to be the problem.
>
> > Any chance things might work if I compiled the kernel to include LVM inside
> > it?
>Doubt it, but worth a try.
>
> > Or is there something else I should check?
>More info on "won't boot"
>Lilo fails part way?
>panic on attempting to mount root?
>errors executing /linuxrc on initrd?


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