1159 – baselayout missing symlink..

Bug 1159 - baselayout missing symlink..

Summary: baselayout missing symlink..

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-03-15 03:28 UTC by Doug Miller
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Doug Miller 2002-03-15 03:28:02 UTC

Today I discovered why lvmcreate_initrd is broken. It seems that the layout of
/dev has changed.  In the old layout there was a symlink "ram -> ram1" (why its
not "ram -> ram0" I'm not sure, should it be?) and this works fine for
lvmcreate_initrd. On the new layout the format is symlinks "ram{0-16} ->
rd/{0-16}" but no "ram" symlink. This is why lvmcreate_initrd breaks on boot. I
would suggest adding a symlink "ram -> ram0" (unless it *NEEDS* to be "ram ->
ram1", which I haven't played with yet) to baselayout.  This should resolve this
annoying bug.

Doug Miller

Comment 1 Doug Miller 2002-03-15 03:56:38 UTC

Actually, this may be a problem with my local install.  It worked for me twice,
but no longer works.  I'll report any further findings, I'm still looking into it. 

Doug Miller

Comment 2 Daniel Robbins (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-03-15 10:41:33 UTC

It sounds like lvmcreate_initrd is not devfs friendly or something.  The script
itself should really be fixed.

Comment 3 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-04-16 14:21:10 UTC

lvmcreate_initrd has a -D or --devfs flag which forces it to use devfs.