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Chris S wrote: |
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>> The simple truth is: There are no volume groups, there are no block |
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>> devices at this point and I don't want the installer to bother at all. |
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>> How can I do this? |
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> I assume you are using genkernel to build your initrd? |
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> Perhaps you can try telling it NOT to include lvm? actually specifying |
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> to NOT include lvm isn't possible, but rather than: |
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> genkernel --menuconfig all you could try just the initrd on itself with: |
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> genkernel initrd (include "--dmraid" if you are using lsr). |
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> alternately, try bypassing the initrd (assuming all required sata |
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> drivers are statically compiled into the kernel). |
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Thanks, there is an undocumented switch "nolvm2" to turn off volume |
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group scan. Got it all working now. I'm not yet building the final |
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kernel. Is there a way to build an initrd with genkernel (and I'd need |
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to integrate a module wich is outside the kernel tree)? |
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cheers |
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Paul |
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