diff -urN genkernel-3.4.7.orig/gen_initramfs.sh genkernel-3.4.7/gen_initramfs.sh
--- genkernel-3.4.7.orig/gen_initramfs.sh	2007-04-05 10:31:24.000000000 -0400
+++ genkernel-3.4.7/gen_initramfs.sh	2007-04-06 13:00:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
 	cd ${TEMP}
 	mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm2-temp/bin/"
 	mkdir -p "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm2-temp/etc/lvm/"
-	if [ -e '/sbin/lvm' ] && ldd /sbin/lvm|grep -q 'not a dynamic executable'
+	if [ -e '/sbin/lvm' ] && LC_ALL="C" ldd /sbin/lvm|grep -q 'not a dynamic executable'
 	then
 		print_info 1 '		LVM2: Adding support (using local static binaries)...'
 		cp /sbin/lvm "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm2-temp/bin/lvm" ||
@@ -223,15 +223,15 @@
 	fi
 	if [ -x /sbin/lvm ]
 	then
-		lvm dumpconfig 2>&1 > /dev/null || gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-		ret=$?
-		if [ ${ret} != 0 ]
-		then
+#		lvm dumpconfig 2>&1 > /dev/null || gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
+#		ret=$?
+#		if [ ${ret} != 0 ]
+#		then
 			cp /etc/lvm/lvm.conf "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm2-temp/etc/lvm/" ||
 				gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-		else
-			gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-		fi
+#		else
+#			gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
+#		fi
 	fi
 	cd "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm2-temp/"
 	find . -print | cpio ${CPIO_ARGS} --append -F "${CPIO}"
diff -urN genkernel-3.4.7.orig/gen_initrd.sh genkernel-3.4.7/gen_initrd.sh
--- genkernel-3.4.7.orig/gen_initrd.sh	2007-04-05 10:31:23.000000000 -0400
+++ genkernel-3.4.7/gen_initrd.sh	2007-04-06 13:00:33.000000000 -0400
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 	# LVM2
 	if [ "${LVM2}" = '1' ]
 	then
-		if [ -e '/sbin/lvm' ] && ldd /sbin/lvm|grep -q 'not a dynamic executable';
+		if [ -e '/sbin/lvm' ] && LC_ALL="C" ldd /sbin/lvm|grep -q 'not a dynamic executable';
 		then
 			print_info 1 'LVM2: Adding support (using local static binaries)...'
 			cp /sbin/lvm "${TEMP}/initrd-temp/bin/lvm" ||
@@ -189,15 +189,15 @@
 		mkdir -p ${TEMP}/initrd-temp/etc/lvm
 		if [ -x /sbin/lvm ]
 		then
-			lvm dumpconfig 2>&1 > /dev/null || gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-			ret=$?
-			if [ ${ret} != 0 ]
-			then
+#			lvm dumpconfig 2>&1 > /dev/null || gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
+#			ret=$?
+#			if [ ${ret} != 0 ]
+#			then
 				cp /etc/lvm/lvm.conf "${TEMP}/initramfs-lvm2-temp/etc/lvm/" ||
 					gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-			else
-				gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
-			fi
+#			else
+#				gen_die 'Could not copy over lvm.conf!'
+#			fi
 		fi
 	fi