Package: initramfs-tools
Version: 0.93.4
Severity: normal

Hello,

I'm using in my grub configuration Labels to point out, where my Rootfs
is located.
This looks like # kopt=root=LABEL=ROOT ro
When the vlm2 initramfs-tools script runs this is translated so that
$ROOT is something like /dev/disk/by-label/ROOT
The script don't activates the vg's so that my root-fs is missing.

I have in the switch statement in the activate_vg function the following
lines appended and now it works (for me):

/dev/disk/by-label*)
lvm vgchange -aly --ignorelockingfailure
exit 0
;;

I hope this can be fixed in the package,
Thanks and best regards
Ingo Rauschenberg


-- Package-specific info:
-- /proc/cmdline
root=LABEL=ROOT ro vga=791

-- /proc/filesystems
ext3

-- lsmod
Module Size Used by
loop 11783 0
sg 18728 0
sr_mod 12602 0
cdrom 29399 1 sr_mod
snd_pcm 60615 0
snd_timer 15502 1 snd_pcm
joydev 8411 0
snd 46350 2 snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 4598 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 6217 1 snd_pcm
dcdbas 5048 0
pcspkr 1699 0
psmouse 49505 0
evdev 7336 4
serio_raw 3752 0
power_meter 8302 0
processor 30215 16
ext3 106486 3
jbd 37053 1 ext3
mbcache 4970 1 ext3
dm_mod 53674 9
raid1 18175 1
md_mod 73632 2 raid1
usb_storage 38521 0
usbhid 33132 0
hid 62825 1 usbhid
ses 5096 0
sd_mod 29689 5
crc_t10dif 1276 1 sd_mod
enclosure 5471 1 ses
uhci_hcd 18505 0
igb 77975 0
qla2xxx 202926 0
scsi_transport_fc 35275 1 qla2xxx
megaraid_sas 29052 3
scsi_tgt 8434 1 scsi_transport_fc
ehci_hcd 30706 0
scsi_mod 121925 9 sg,sr_mod,usb_storage,ses,sd_mod,qla2xxx,scsi_tran sport_fc,megaraid_sas,scsi_tgt
dca 3729 1 igb
usbcore 121703 5 usb_storage,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
nls_base 6377 1 usbcore
bnx2 57289 0
button 4634 0
thermal 11674 0
fan 3346 0
thermal_sys 11878 3 processor,thermal,fan

-- /etc/kernel-img.conf
# Kernel image management overrides
# See kernel-img.conf(5) for details
do_symlinks = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no

-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
MODULES=most
BUSYBOX=y
KEYMAP=n
BOOT=local
DEVICE=eth0
NFSROOT=auto


-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/16 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages initramfs-tools depends on:
ii cpio 2.11-1 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar
ii findutils 4.4.2-1 utilities for finding files--find,
ii klibc-utils 1.5.15-1 small utilities built with klibc f
ii module-init-tools 3.12~pre2-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii udev 151-3 /dev/ and hotplug management daemo

Versions of packages initramfs-tools recommends:
ii busybox 1:1.14.2-2 Tiny utilities for small and embed

initramfs-tools suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information



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On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 01:09:15PM +0100, Ingo Rauschenberg wrote:
>
> I'm using in my grub configuration Labels to point out, where my Rootfs
> is located.
> This looks like # kopt=root=LABEL=ROOT ro
> When the vlm2 initramfs-tools script runs this is translated so that
> $ROOT is something like /dev/disk/by-label/ROOT
> The script don't activates the vg's so that my root-fs is missing.

I don't see an easy way of detecting that said label is a lvm volume.

anyway there is not much point in using LABEL for lvm volumes they
are unique anyway.

> I have in the switch statement in the activate_vg function the following
> lines appended and now it works (for me):
>
> /dev/disk/by-label*)
> lvm vgchange -aly --ignorelockingfailure
> exit 0
> ;;

aboves would enable any lvm vg,
this caused data loss for lvm2 also due mkfs and friends
not overwriting lvm data. so aboves is not a generic possibility.





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