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 _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
