Bug 149191

Summary: init script in initrd fails to intialize LVM volumes, so the system does not start
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1 Reporter: Oliver Diedrich <odi>
Component: InstallationAssignee: Hannes Reinecke <hare>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Klaus Kämpf <kkaempf>
Severity: Major    
Priority: P5 - None    
Version: Beta 3   
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Hardware: x86   
OS: SuSE Linux 10.1   
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Description Oliver Diedrich 2006-02-08 19:46:19 UTC 
Used a LVM volume for /. After fixing installation by copying /boot/* from / LV to the designated boot partition (see bug 148187), the system still does not start: It stops in the init script in initrd, dropping me to a shell. The problem: An erroneous vgchange call in init fails, so no logical volumes are available. Issuing a simple "vgchange -ay" in the shell fixes the problem. After closing the shell, the system boots correctly.
Comment 1 Michael Gross 2006-02-09 14:08:09 UTC 
Hannes: Probably the initrd should be changed accordingly?
Comment 2 Hannes Reinecke 2006-02-16 12:45:36 UTC 
Can you boot the system with 'linuxrc=trace' and attach the output here?
It looks like it's trying to activate the wrong volume group ...
Comment 3 Hannes Reinecke 2006-02-21 07:51:51 UTC 
There has been quite some improvements for Beta4. Please re-test and reopen the but if the problem persists.
Comment 4 Hannes Reinecke 2006-02-21 07:52:19 UTC 
And really fix it.