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 D7AE61381F3 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:24:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7996721C00E; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:22:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.165]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E41C21C009 for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 05:21:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.134] (helo=smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq2.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFH9d-0003Z0-KJ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:21:53 +0200 Received: from 54698b76.cm-12-2c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([84.105.139.118] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VFH9d-0006mV-AA for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:21:53 +0200 Received: from android-f119ab37c2e16cff.opdion.com (53501E72.static.ziggozakelijk.nl [83.80.30.114]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EC55B4C for ; Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:21:19 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <87wqn4ar3w.fsf@nyu.edu> References: <87r4dcbisz.fsf@nyu.edu> <87sixschz7.fsf@nyu.edu> <87wqn4ar3w.fsf@nyu.edu> 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 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----ZSZWNCY29BMJD697WQNK2GY2QK07P1" Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] where did lvm installation guide go? From: "J. Roeleveld" Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 07:21:26 +0200 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: X-Ziggo-spambar: ---- X-Ziggo-spamscore: -4.8 X-Ziggo-spamreport: ALL_TRUSTED=-1,BAYES_00=-1.9,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,PROLO_TRUST_RDNS=-3,RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.982,TW_LV=0.077 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: 775b1911-4a2e-4aed-ad13-55ee30283e5f X-Archives-Hash: 686dbdf9dd1f4a367d81d86c58a695d3 ------ZSZWNCY29BMJD697WQNK2GY2QK07P1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. -- Joost --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. --=20 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. ------ZSZWNCY29BMJD697WQNK2GY2QK07P1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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, <gottlieb@nyu.edu> wrote= :
>>>
>>> I have experience with LVM, but not systemd or dracut or ini= tramfs
>>>
>>> * 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 o= n
>lvm (probably also /lib and others). Perhaps this was simply
>reflecting
>no initramfs. Hence any grub issue with /boot on lvm didn't aris= e.
>
>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.

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