44991 – 2004.0 livecd forces lvm2

Bug 44991 - 2004.0 livecd forces lvm2

Summary: 2004.0 livecd forces lvm2

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo LiveCD Package Maintainers

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Reported:	2004-03-17 21:41 UTC by Rajiv Aaron Manglani (RETIRED)
Modified:	2004-03-20 11:44 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Rajiv Aaron Manglani (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-17 21:41:03 UTC

using the 2004.0 x86 universal live cd.

start with the 'gentoo' kernel, you get 2.4.x with device mapper. all the lvm tools are version 2.
start with the 'smp' kernel, you get 2.6. all the lvm tools are version 2.

so there is no way to create a version 1 lvm with the live cd.

we should not be forcing users to use lvm2.

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-18 00:30:53 UTC

I disagree; LVM1 is hardly maintained anymore. The LVM developers really want everyone to use LVM2 due to its massive amount of advantages it has (both internal as feature-wise). Plus LVM1 users can easily migrate to LVM2.

Comment 2 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-20 11:34:44 UTC

if it is possible though, we should still have backwards dependency. beejay?

Comment 3 Benjamin Judas (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-03-20 11:44:54 UTC

Impossible. Kernel-2.6 only supports Version 2. So imho it's better to step over to LVM2 now and leave LVM alone. As Swift said, LVM can easily migrate to LVM2.