I have root fs on LVM. I do: genkernel --lvm all and result: * initramfs: >> Initializing... * >> Appending base_layout cpio data... * >> Appending auxilary cpio data... * >> Appending busybox cpio data... * >> Appending lvm cpio data... * LVM: Adding support (using local static binaries)... * >> Appending modules cpio data.. ls /boot initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.31-gentoo-r10-psn kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.31-gentoo-r10-psn I verify (extract initramfs): cp /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.31-gentoo-r10-psn /root/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.31-gentoo-r10-psn.gz mkdir /root/initramfs cd /root/initramfs gunzip ../initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.31-gentoo-r10-psn.gz cpio -i < ../initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.31-gentoo-r10-psn cd bin ls -l -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 [ -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 ash -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 busybox -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 cat -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 cut -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 echo -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1271836 Мар 5 10:29 lvm -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 mount -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 sh -rwxr-xr-x 9 root root 1093640 Мар 5 10:29 uname Static /bin/lvm present, but symlinks vgchange->lvm and vgscan->lvm not present. To do this, I patch /usr/share/genkernel/gen_initramfs.sh (lvm section). Reproducible: Always
*** Bug 307859 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 307857 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
What version of genkernel? Patch it how?
I hit that same bug when switching from my custom initrd to the genkernel initrd. The /init script inside the initramfs is supposed to generate the vgscan and vgchange symlinks. Here is the code snippet: if [ "$0" = '/init' ] then [ -e /linuxrc ] && rm /linuxrc if [ -e /bin/lvm ] then ln -s /bin/lvm /bin/vgscan ln -s /bin/lvm /bin/vgchange fi fi as you can see, it only creates them, when it whas called as init and not as linuxrc. So if you use the kernel parameter rdinit=/init instead of the default rdinit=/linuxrc everything works just fine. Now why that check is there at all, I have no idea ;)
I have applied this patch to the experimental branch: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/genkernel.git;a=commitdiff;h=b4f310213ef80357880ba63a93b85922d7b07a44 The genkernel-99999 ebuild (fix nines) exposes that branch. Please let me know how it works for you. If I don't hear anything, I may close this bug in two weeks.
