(initramfs) ps -ef
ps -ef
PID Uid VmSize Stat Command
1 0 680 S /bin/sh /init
2 0 SW Ýmigration/0¨
3 0 SWN Ýksoftirqd/0¨
4 0 SW< Ýevents/0¨
5 0 SW< Ýkhelper¨
6 0 SW< Ýkthread¨
8 0 SW< Ýkblockd/0¨
28 0 SW< Ýcio¨
29 0 SW< Ýcio_notify¨
30 0 SW< Ýkslowcrw¨
60 0 SW< Ýappldata¨
75 0 SW Ýpdflush¨
76 0 SW Ýpdflush¨
77 0 SW< Ýkswapd0¨
78 0 SW< Ýaio/0¨
99 0 SW< Ýkmcheck¨
179 0 SW< Ýkmirrord¨
192 0 SW< Ýkmpathd/0¨
264 0 532 S < udevd --daemon
938 0 708 R /bin/sh -i
939 0 636 R ps -ef
(initramfs)
-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard
Troth
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 8:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Question about booting root on a multipathed, LVM'd volume on
Debian 390.
Is 'udev' started?
You listed the contents of /proc/modules. Can you also show the
output of 'ps -ef'?
-- R;=A0=A0 <><
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 s=
ince resolved my problem with getting the multipathing device definitions t=
o 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 ord=
er 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 correctl=
y), 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 grou=
p "system", nor can it find the multipath'd volume (/dev/mapper/mpath0 or m=
path1) to use as its PV's.
>
> ALERT! /dev/mapper/system-ROOT does not exist. Dropping into shell!
>
> cat /proc/cmdline
> root=3D/dev/mapper/system-ROOT ro rootdelay=3D10 BOOT_IMAGE=3D0
>
> 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
>
>
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