Re: [gentoo-user] LVM boot problem

["Mirco Bakker" <lister1@gmx.net>]

Hi

For the archives: Problems solved. The missing ethernet interface resulted from two missing links in /sbin (udev_run_devd, udev_run_hotplugd). I've created them now manually. I think they should get installed when emerging udev. A this point I have no idea why they were missing on my system (if someone has an idea please reply). Anyway it works fine again.

The boot problem originated from using an old genkernel.conf (and ignoring emerge!). Not yet tested but pretty obvious (I'm compiling the new kernel and initrd at the moment).

Regards, Manuel

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Datum:  Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:59:26 +0100
Von: "Mirco Bakker" <lister1@gmx.net>
An: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Betreff:  [gentoo-user] LVM boot problem

> Hi
> 
> Two days ago, I changed my USE flags (added bzip2) and tried to emerge
> world with the update, deep and newuse options. Because the new UDEV Package
> conflicted with coldplug I unmerged coldplug first (which is obsolete I
> think?).
> Today I rebooted for the first time since then. As the system came up a
> few error messages showed up, indicating that my ethernet interface was not
> found (probably module not loaded). Is there a connection to coldplug?
> 
> Anyway after that I thought it would be a good idea to update to the
> latest Kernel before fixing that Problem (2.6.18-gentoo-r3). I used genkernel to
> create a generic kernel, modules and initrd with lvm2 support (as my root
> device is on a lvm2 volume). Since then the system stopped booting
> completely.
> 
> The first problem was that the busybox mdev link was missing (therefor I
> created it manually). Now linuxrc (actually vgchange) claims, that there is
> no more space left on the device to create the device nodes for my lvm
> volumes. But dumpe2fs on the initrd reports, that I still have 45 free blocks
> and 44 free inodes. Shouldn't this be enough for 3 device nodes? Any ideas
> what could be wrong?
> 
> TIA, Mirco
> 
> 
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