Bug 22535 – Unable to boot when /var on LVM partition

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description kevin arnold 2003-06-09 21:39:51 UTC]

After upgrading to baselayout 1.8.5.9, my system was unable to boot.  None of
the init scripts would execute because /var/lib/init.d does not exist until /var
is mounted.  /var cannot be mounted until the LVM system is initilized (done in
/etc/init.d/checkfs).

In order to get around the problem, I have added the lines
  /sbin/vgchange -a y
  mount /var
to /sbin/rc in the boot section immediately after /proc is mounted.



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

[Comment 1 Masumitsu Hatta 2003-12-27 08:40:39 UTC]

Hi 

You can use lvmcreate_initrd

I wrote at
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27420

[Comment 2 Rob Holland 2004-07-07 08:57:19 UTC]

this is fixed in current baselayout versions. /var on lvm works fine.

[Comment 3 Rob Holland 2004-07-07 09:00:09 UTC]

could you please confirm this is working now and resolve please ;)

[Comment 4 SpanKY 2004-10-16 00:07:06 UTC]

seems to be fine now