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[LDB <thesource@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

LDB wrote:
> LDB wrote:
> > Ciro Iriarte wrote:
> > > 2008/3/17, LDB <thesource@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > > > That is what I thought, but I had an old server using an older
> > > >  MegaRAID and it would not activate the VG hence it would not
> > > >  mount the root volume. I had to resort to non-LVM for the root
> > > >  partition.
> > > >
> > > >  When I booted it into rescue mode, it was fine.
> > > >
> > > >  Thanks,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >  LDB
> > >
> > > What do you mean by "would not activate the VG"?, If it can boot from
> > > the same array using regular partitions, LVM should work. At home I
> > > have the root on top of LVM on top of MD raid1 running Opensuse
> > > 10.3@x86_64. At the office I have root on top of LVM on top of HP
> > > SmartArray (cciss driver) running SLES9SP3@{x86_64,i386} and
> > > everything works fine. Did you install with  / on a LV or tried some
> > > kind of migration later?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ciro
> >
> >
> > Agreed, but after the autoyast installation process and during the
> > 1st boot, it stops and spews the the following ...
> >
> >
> >     Attempting manual resume
> >     Waiting for device /dev/rootvg/root to appear: .................. 
> > not found -- exiting to /bin/sh
> >     $
> >
> >
> > but then when I boot into rescue mode it mounts just fine ...
> >
> > Any ideas??
> >
> >
> > LDB
>
> Scrutinizing even more I am discovering that it is seemingly not
> loading the cciss driver on the 1st reboot after the OS installation.
> Which does not make sense, since that is what was used to install
> the OS in the first place.
>
> LDB

Scratch that last assessment it does load it ...

LDB
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