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> Sebastian Redl <sebastian.redl@×××××××××××.at> posted |
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> 465B2189.9010008@×××××××××××.at, excerpted below, on Mon, 28 May 2007 |
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> 20:38:01 +0200: |
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> > I've got baselayout 2 on my experimental partition (seemed to need it |
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> > for getting lvm2 to work with root on a logical volume) and it's working |
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> > just fine. Haven't done much yet on that partition, though, not even |
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> > installed X. |
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> Could be. When I setup my RAID here, I specifically arranged for root |
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> and a backup root snapshot to be directly on RAID partitions, because the |
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> kernel can handle them directly with only a bit of stuff on the command |
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> line (so in grub), no root on LVM as that would require an initramfs, and |
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> I preferred to keep things simple, because simple isn't so likely to |
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> break and is easier to fix if it does. |
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I've done lvm on a root partition before with the old baselayout. |
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Just followed the directions here: |
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http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Install_Gentoo_on_an_LVM2_root_partition |
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It did need an initramfs, but genkernel makes that step pretty easy. |
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Haven't really played with 2 yet, but from what I see it looks pretty |
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spiffy. |
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Wil |
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