On 09/29/2007 07:37 PM, helices wrote:
Thank you, all, for your insights.
When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I
often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel.
That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a
different copy residing on the floppy. When the system completed boot,
I was logging into the actual system, even though I booted off of the
floppy based kernel.
The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue cd, is
that they do NOT understand the specifics of my lvm over software raid
5. The specifics required probably all reside under /etc -- on a
filesystem in lvm on software raid 5.
Catch-22
However, if you read the documents on how they created the Debian
installer, you could find out how to create your own Debian Installer
CD; it would contain your own custom-compiled kernel and lvm
configuration in /etc, and it would be able to see all of your
volumes--that is what you want--right?
Actually, I believe that both instances that stung me were lilo, not
grub; and, NO, there is no /boot outside of both lvm and software raid
5.
What do you think?
I don't know what to think.
Since Etch's Grub supposedly doesn't understand lvm, I can't see how you
booted in the first place.
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