From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E251381F3 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:36:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CF60E0F50; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:36:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-lb0-f175.google.com (mail-lb0-f175.google.com [209.85.217.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CDB36E0F97 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f175.google.com with SMTP id y6so1480627lbh.20 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:36:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=REeKTZUY1oJ7c3ADqLvqghU7hN57/2sCE/FEq0WfHg0=; b=gwF2j+hWdkEj94OzvYaPMN8RHloPy8pZMa6E6b1H4KdvFGzKvMoYm0OSHpZntgNkgj FWBd/ILT+od2q6iwTxP24dWAqL62T2BJls9Tu+KhJxw+hGlQxJ3f7usPikePtPfBgqNr sFRbXzLKfJnALCWNqDlzlZ8vYurzme1vGNpDqCwillbzvy5eJp+eeMaN0usK3rM/REhB mGaYgTEIYjgDRt0pH4j7yAW+EDXKKTbCv5+YTCc66fSUFq3QcpgUO/cKMiltpvRW5wW2 dPg5wI9G/SldOosmLCGc6RmghUIYZC9EDHMTVZ0VcfvEtXyJ5+LfwdkEG4eRq1pXj2ub 8qtw== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.152.19.97 with SMTP id d1mr323188lae.34.1377840973076; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:36:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.96.2 with HTTP; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:36:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <87r4dcbisz.fsf@nyu.edu> <87sixschz7.fsf@nyu.edu> <87wqn4ar3w.fsf@nyu.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:36:13 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] where did lvm installation guide go? From: =?UTF-8?B?Q2FuZWsgUGVsw6FleiBWYWxkw6lz?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: 78048b41-7974-430a-af1f-32995fff99a7 X-Archives-Hash: 2fd5185e9da53f56800fc8f9a141a35c On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:21 AM, J. Roeleveld wrote: > gottlieb@nyu.edu wrote: >>On Thu, Aug 29 2013, Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:19 PM, wrote: >>>> >>>> I have experience with LVM, but not systemd or dracut or initramfs >>>> >>>> * both grub and grub2 support lvm >>> >>> Does GRUB legacy handles /boot in LVM? I haven't tried that yet. >> >>That I don't know. I believe the LVM "companion manual" that I am >>seeking and that I used for previous installs advised against /boot on >>lvm (probably also /lib and others). Perhaps this was simply >>reflecting >>no initramfs. Hence any grub issue with /boot on lvm didn't arise. >> >>allan > > No. > > Grub legacy does not support LVM for the /boot. > That's why I have it there. > > UEFI only understands FAT. Which means you need to have a boot partition > outside of LVM for that. Good to know, thanks. Another reason not to use LVM I guess. Regards. --=20 Canek Pel=C3=A1ez Vald=C3=A9s Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingenier=C3=ADa de la Computaci=C3=B3n Universidad Nacional Aut=C3=B3noma de M=C3=A9xico