For just about every release of 1.4 so far I have been able to create a EVMS LVM structure on the machine before installing (I run a complete EVMS LVM partition scheme save for /boot and swap) In rc3, EVMS either does not load at all, or when it loads it doesn't work per spec. (i.e. the volumes that are created are lost, or just don't show up in devfs). Rebooting after "creating" volumes in evmsn results in evms modules not loading at all, and when forced (through the /etc/init.d/evms loader or via modprobe's) it still does not detect the volumes created. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from the rc3 live CD 2. attempt to create a LVM structure in EVMS 3. Save EVMS settings on exit Actual Results: No LVM devices are created in the devfs Expected Results: Created the LVM devices I would suggest adding compiled-in EVMS support to the liveCD. This should work reliably, I think it has to do with EVMS not being "sane" while running as a module.. Even an option like "boot: evms" would be great
Try 'modprobe dos_part', then 'evms_rediscover' before you start evmsn. For some reason the livecd loads the gpt_part module instead of the dos_part module during the hardware detection stage. It may also be necessary to 'modprobe -r gpt_part' to get it too work. Unless I load dos_part module, evms on the livecd won't recognise any of my existing lvm partitions or create new ones. Hope this helps you out StuBear
Im not had luck getting info on what it takes to get evms working. Ill try making this change on the cd.
finally.. i made these changes, livecd evms works now. thanks.
