AW: Logical Volumes on virtual drives
Schulz, Reiner
R.Schulz at dvz-mv.de
Thu Apr 28 07:40:50 CEST 2016
We use this disk_config file for Debian on vmware:
And we have to install "lvm2" and "grub-pc" in packages_config.
# example of new config file for setup-storage
#
# <type> <mountpoint> <size> <fs type> <mount options> <misc options>
disk_config sda align-at:1024K disklabel:msdos bootable:1 fstabkey:label
primary - 100% - -
disk_config sdb align-at:1024K
primary - 100% - -
disk_config sdc align-at:1024K
primary - 100% - -
disk_config lvm fstabkey:label
vg vgsys sda1,sdb1,sdc1
vgsys-swap swap 2048 swap sw
vgsys-root / 5G ext4 defaults
vgsys-home /home 50 ext4 defaults
vgsys-mydata - 50 ext4 -
vgsys-mybackup - 20 ext4 -
vgsys-pgdata - 20 ext4 -
vgsys-pgbackup - 20 ext4 -
vgsys-srv /srv 20 ext4 defaults
vgsys-var /var 1G-90% ext4 defaults
Reiner Schulz
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: linux-fai [mailto:linux-fai-bounces at uni-koeln.de] Im Auftrag von Ronald Steele
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. April 2016 20:37
> An: fully automatic installation for Linux <linux-fai at uni-koeln.de>
> Betreff: Logical Volumes on virtual drives
>
> I’m trying to set up LV on virtual drives. This may seem a bit weird, but it for a test
> rig.
> Is this something that is supported? I’ve tried CentOS and Debian on VmWare and
> VirtualBox and it doesn’t appear to work on either.
> Besides some set ups of my own I’ve tried the LVM example in FAI distro and one
> from the setup-installation section of the Wiki.
> The install works but when I reboot the new system I get errors like this:
>
> Loading, please wait…
> Gave up waiting for root device.
>
> Then a list of common problems.
> Then:
>
> ALERT! /dev/mapper/my_pv-_root does not exist dropping into shell
>
>
>
>
> And then I get the initramfs prompt
>
> I’ve no idea what /dev/mapper etc is or does.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Ron
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