On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 12:39:55PM -0500, Rosenstrauch, David wrote:
> This seems odd, since you really don't need to have the DM modules in
> the initrd in order to boot, and should just be able to load them
> later, when you load all your other modules.  However, Arch's boot
> process activates LVM *before* loading the modules in rc.conf, which
> forces you to include the DM modules in your initrd or else you won't
> be able to have your LVM partitions get properly mounted at boot time.
> 
> Anyone know if it's still necessary for the Arch boot process to work
> in this order, or might it now be possible for the order to change so
> that the modules in rc.conf get loaded before activating LVM.  (And if
> it's possible to switch this, should I file a bug report on it?)

Hmmm, good point.  Delaying volume group activation til later would
probably be best, but it will need some testing.  Please file a bug
report, David, and I'll poke at it after Noodle goes out.

Thanks.


- J


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