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Re: [Xen-users] Root fs on LVM on software RAID1?

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:31:14AM +0000, Mark Turner wrote:
>       dom0a:~# mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-xen-2.6.12.6-xen0 2.6.12.6-xen0
>       File descriptor 3 left open
>       File descriptor 4 left open
>       File descriptor 5 left open
>       File descriptor 6 left open
>       File descriptor 7 left open
>           Finding all volume groups
>         Incorrect metadata area header checksum
>           Finding volume group "group1"
>       /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: /dev/mapper/group1-dom0slash: Kernel does not  
> support LVM
> 
> I think the error message is pretty clear, i.e. the kernel supplied  
> with Xen 3.0.1 does not support LVM.

If not, then how did you manage to boot the currently running system?
Try sticking "set -x" into mkinitrd to see when it's failing.

Marcin
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