From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_QUAR,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail.pacifica.ch (pacifica.ch [212.53.102.12]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7358E25928 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 07:07:36 -0600 (CST) Received: from there (jasmin@uranus.atlantica.ch [172.16.1.3]) by mail.pacifica.ch (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g0DD8LNv010488 for ; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:08:22 +0100 Message-Id: <200201131308.g0DD8LNv010488@mail.pacifica.ch> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jasmin Buchert Organization: atlantica.ch seitz To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] gentoo and LVM Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 14:08:21 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.1] References: <001c01c198dc$338732d0$0501010a@kgpro> <20020112103109.6953ac2d.karltk@prosalg.no> <20020112101116.A5016@ilse.asys-h.de> In-Reply-To: <20020112101116.A5016@ilse.asys-h.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Developer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 3cd81ba6-1922-47e1-8679-10c3f1a0e878 X-Archives-Hash: 5626d0a52477357217927b201a79cd03 Hi, Just do: mkdir /tmp/etctmp mount -t tmpfs none /tmp/etctmp cd /etc tar -cpf - * | tar -f - -xvpC /tmp/etctmp mount -o bind /tmp/etctmp /etc After this you should have enough free space in /etc :) PS: Installing Gentoo from bootdisk onto a root LV does not work. I get kernel panic while mounting the root LV (has something todo with devfs). Also the 'lvmcreate_initrd' command does not work while in the build chroot (it cannot unmount the loopback device). Have a nice day, Jasmin Buchert On Saturday 12 January 2002 10:11, you wrote: > Hello, > > i think, there is something wrong with gentoo and lvm (does nobody tested > a fresh install with lvm?) ... When i tried to setup a large Volumegroup > (about 54 GB), i got error-messages becaus there was not enoungh free space > within /etc to write /etc/lvmtab.d/gentoo (i named this Volumegroup > "gentoo"). Maybe a bigger Ramdisk would be a Workaround (or should we mount > tmpfs to the directory /etc/lvmtab.d after the first "vgscan"?). What do > you think? The file /etc/lvmtab.d/gentoo is about 256 kb size ... > As first workaround on my desktop system, i deleted > /lib/modules/2.4.16/pcmcia, because i don't have any pcmcia devices ... > > ciao, > Juergen Ilse (ilse@asys-h.de)