LVM2 for root -- initramfs-tools -- etch HOWTO?

Hi, can anybody tell me some HOWTO for %subj%? It seems to me that Debian kernels per default initialize LVM only after INIT is run. Does the fact that I have some LVM2 volumes persuade update-initramfs to insert appropriate modules into initramfs? Thanks, Matěj -- GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A

Re: LVM2 for root -- initramfs-tools -- etch HOWTO?

On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 04:23:57PM -0400, Matej Cepl wrote: can anybody tell me some HOWTO for %subj%? It seems to me that Debian kernels per default initialize LVM only after INIT is run. Does the fact that I have some LVM2 volumes persuade update-initramfs to insert appropriate modules into

Re: LVM2 for root -- initramfs-tools -- etch HOWTO?

CJ van den Berg wrote: initramfs-tools in etch has support for lvm built in. It should just work you don't have to do anything at all. You have to use the /dev/mapper/volgrp--logicalvolume path to the volume though. (as opposed to the /dev/volgrp/logicalvolume version) Then the initramfs