From: Javier Ubillos <nobobo@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] booting with an lvm2 root. How do I make a working initrd?
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:59:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <449C482F.8010902@gmail.com> (raw)
Hi.
I'm trying to get my gentoo isntallation to work, but I'm just ending up
pulling my hair out.
The setup I'm going for is a single disk, with two partitions
One 100MB partition for /boot
and the rest of the disk (~120GB) for LVM
I've used the standard gentoo installation handbook + "Gentoo LVM2
installation" <http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/lvm2.xml> + gentoo wiki
"HOWTO Install Gentoo on an LVM2 root partition"
<http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_an_LVM2_root_partition#Make_your_initrd>
and some random googeling
From what I gather, I need an initrd image to boot with, so that it can
load neccecary modules to be able to read the logical volumes.
I don't want to use genkernel, but I still want it to work.
The entry in the gentoo wiki is inkomplete (the links to the precompiled
binaries are broken)
when I try to run
mkinitrd --preload md_mod --with=md_mod initrd-2.6.16-gentoo-r9
2.6.16-gentoo-r9
I allways get
no temporary directory could be found
(I'm runniing this from the live cd)
In conclusion:
how do I get/make a working initrd so I can boot with my lvm2 root?
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-06-23 19:59 Javier Ubillos [this message]
2006-06-23 20:40 ` [gentoo-user] booting with an lvm2 root. How do I make a working initrd? Sascha Lucas
2006-06-24 5:11 ` Jim Burwell
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