https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470498 Summary: boot loader recovery doesn't work in case of LVM usage (LVM partitions are not activated) Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Live Medium AssignedTo: coolo@novell.com ReportedBy: serge.leschinsky@gmail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008121300 SUSE/3.0.5-1.1 Firefox/3.0.5 System recovery is unable to find and mount LVM partitions if they are activated manually, recovery scripts work correctly. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. place root filesystem on LVM partition 2. load from LiveCD and try to reinstall bootloader 3. "Unable to find root" appears. Actual Results: unable to find and mount root filesystem Expected Results: ability to find installed OS This is the bug in the init script of RecoveryImage and it may be easily fixed by adding the following commands (rough) : modprobe dm-mod # load device-mapper vgscan # check if LVM groups exists vgchange -a y # activate volume groups -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.