Re: lvm does not work when included in core.img [resend]

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 10:48:41AM +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> [resend from 2007-12-08]
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying out Grub2 to for a setup with root on lvm, and it
> almost works :-) (grub2 looks great, btw!)  If I install grub on a
> non-lvm partition without lvm preloaded in core.img, it works
> fine.  It looks as if the lvm module is defunct when it is loaded
> from core.img: ls shows no lvm devices.
> 
> Whenever I `insmod lvm' after grub starts (ie: from the grub
> rescue command line reading from a non-lvm partition, or from
> within grub.cfg with grub's root and grub.cfg on a non-lvm
> partition), ls will show my lvm devices.

It's a known bug, but nobody has time to fix it.

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Robert Millan

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