[opensuse] Using Volume Groups and the Boot Partition
In the documentation I see this: Warning: File System for Booting The file system used for booting (the root file system or |/boot|) must not be stored on an LVM logical volume. Instead, store it on a normal physical partition. https://doc.opensuse.org/documentation/leap/reference/html/book.opensuse.ref... However, I have installed Leap 42.3 and I accepted a recommended partition layout (although I did change it and go back and forth a few times) and it put the /boot partition on the system-root logical volume. I have a grub2 rescue disc and I found I was still able to use it provided I 'insmod lvm' first. So is this documentation out of date? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 10/21/2017 03:55 AM, Richmond wrote:
In the documentation I see this:
Warning: File System for Booting
The file system used for booting (the root file system or |/boot|) must not be stored on an LVM logical volume. Instead, store it on a normal physical partition.
So is this documentation out of date?
Partly. It needs qualification. If you are booting with "grub2", then it can handle an LVM. If you are using other boot software, the advice is probably still good. Currently, "grub2" (and "grub2-efi") are okay with an LVM, and even with an encrypted LVM (there will be a prompt for encryption key in this case). I'll note that while this works in openSUSE, it did not work for me with Ubuntu-16.04 when I tried it (had to use opensuse to boot it). If you are using "btrfs" for the root file system, it is best to keep "/boot" as part of the root file system so that rollback to an older snapshot can work. I guess you could report it as a bug (documentation bug). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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