Chris_Eason@JohnLewis.co.uk wrote:
I am trying to install SuSE 9.0 on an Intel machine but I want everything to be managed by the LVM. This should be possible but I'm having problems. I wonder if anyone can help?
The main problem I'm having is that when the system first reboots towards the end of the installation process, I get lots of errors:
[snip] Freeing initrd memory: 1223k freed VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) Loading kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.o insmod: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Loading kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.o insmod: error while loading shared libraries: libc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[snip] I don't remember what the exact issue (perhaps it was the grub package shipped with SuSE) but you need /boot, / and swap to be non LVM partitions. As pointed out by your errors above, while booting your server can't load necessary modules located in /lib/modules/2.4.21-166-default/
DMI: BIOS: IBM -[T2E125AUS-1.06]-, 6/2/2003 System: IBM, eserver xSeries 335 -[867611X]- Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 3a:01
On an unrelated note.. what has your experience been like with SuSE 9.0 on the IBM xSeries servers? I will be installing 9.0 on an xSeries 225. I know IBM doesn't officially support SuSE 9.0 Professional on the xSeries so I'm curious as to how their technical support department deals with any requests for help or information.
The only configuration that works so far is to have
- Root filesystem on a non-LVM partition - swap on a non-LVM partition - everything else in the LVM
Yup that is how I set up my server.