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Am Samstag 20 Juni 2009 09:37:24 schrieb Mike Kazantsev: |
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> Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > > I believe there's "after device-mapper" line already in lvm-2.02.45, so |
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> > > it should run fine, but as an additional precaution I have dm-crypt |
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> > > script at sysinit runlevel, which starts device-mapper and dm-crypt |
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> > > before lvm or even it's runlevel (boot). |
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> > That's not needed, it should be sufficient to have them all in the boot |
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> > runlevel: |
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> So LVM would start before dmcrypt? Great. |
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Yes. |
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> > > It makes sense for me, since some lvm pv's (not root) are actually on |
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> > > encrypted partitions, although I mount these even earlier, but should |
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> > > initrd become incompatible w/ latest kernel, dm-crypt should do the job |
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> > > instead. |
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> > No, it does not make sense. You don't even need an initrd. |
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> I do, but mainly for other purposes. |
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Which? |
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> Mounting encrypted partitions from there is a bonus and while root is |
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> not encrypted (although it doesn't even holds most configuration |
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> from /etc) it is an LVM volume. |
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> Can linux boot from lvm root w/o initrd these days? |
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Yes, it always could. As long as /boot is a separate partition one can put the |
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same stuff into it. Much simpler to setup. |
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Bye... |
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Dirk |
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