[YLUG] lvm

[Patrick Dupre]

On Sun, 23 Nov 2008, Roger Leigh wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 10:29:02PM +0000, Patrick Dupre wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I installed a new disk and I copied my partitions on logical partitions
>> except the /
>> In the fstab, I change to:
>> /dev/VG1/usr	/usr
>>
>> but I get an error message due to the fsck:
>> The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
>> filesystem.  If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
>> filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
>> is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
>>     e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
>
> Check it's all set up with pv/lv/vg scan/display, and check you can
> mount it by hand.
Yes, I can everthing by hand !
No problem at all !

fstab is partially correct, for now I am only to mount / and /usr
tmpfs, devpts, sysfs, proc
I just made the necessary changes from the non lvm partitions

It is a Fedora 7.


>
> Is the fstab correct?  Can you "mount /usr" by hand?
>
> I have everything except /boot on LVM (and MD raid), and it boots fine
> (Debian).  The initramfs should already have the modules within it,
> but it shouldn't matter even if you don't--you can mount / and then
> the boot sequence should set up LVM before it tries to mount.  You
> can update the initramfs config to force inclusion of the LVM/device-
> mapper modules, but this really shouldn't be needed.
>
>
> Regards,
> Roger
>
>

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