Is 'udev' started? You listed the contents of /proc/modules. Can you also show the output of 'ps -ef'?
-- R; <>< Rick Troth Velocity Software http://www.velocitysoftware.com/ On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 16:04, Wiggins, Mark <[email protected]> wrote: > Back in October I asked a question about multipathing in z/Debian. I've since > resolved my problem with getting the multipathing device definitions to hold > across an IPL, but now I'm having trouble booting with root mounted on a > multipathed, LVM'd volume on z/Debian. It appears to be within the order of > things. Of course, multipathing should come first, then LVM, then the > mounting of root, but what I always get is the message "mounting root on > /dev/mapper/system-ROOT" (in other words, I've coded /etc/zipl.conf > correctly), then unable to find volume group "system", then it drops into > initramfs. I try to issue a "vgchange -ay system", but it can't find the > volume group "system", nor can it find the multipath'd volume > (/dev/mapper/mpath0 or mpath1) to use as its PV's. > > ALERT! /dev/mapper/system-ROOT does not exist. Dropping into shell! > > cat /proc/cmdline > root=/dev/mapper/system-ROOT ro rootdelay=10 BOOT_IMAGE=0 > > cat /proc/modules > dasd_eckd_mod > zfcp > scsi_transport_fc > scsi_mod > dasd_fba_mod > dasd_mod > dm_multipath > dm_snapshot > dm_mirror > dm_mod > > How do I get my multipath definitions and LVM configuration to run before > root is mounted? > > Mark Wiggins > University of Connecticut > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
