linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.17-rc6 No volume groups found

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Date:	Mon, 28 May 2007 01:08:13 +0800
From:	freegnu <freegnu@....com>
To:	Barry Scott <barry.scott@...lan.co.uk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.17-rc6 No volume groups found

yes, i have rebuilt the initrd by the command: /sbin/mkinitrd
--builtin=ata_piix /boot/initrd-2.6.14.img initrd-2.6.14

On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 10:36 +0100, Barry Scott wrote:
> freegnu wrote:
> > i have the same problem when i built kernel 2.6.14.
> > and the previous working kernel is 2.6.11 form Fedora Code 4
> >
> > anyone give me any adviece? thanks
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 13:35 +0100, Barry Scott wrote:
> >   
> >> On my HP dc7600U having patch around the MCG problem
> >> I now get a bit further. Previous working kernel was 2.6.16
> >> from Fedora Code 4.
> >>
> >> I see:
> >>
> >> Uncompressing Linux... Ok, botinh the kernel.
> >> Red Hat nash version 4.2.15 starting
> >>   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
> >>   No volume groups found
> >>   Unable to find volume group "VolGroup00"
> >> ERROR: /bin/lvm exited abnormally with value 5 ! (pid 351)
> >>
> >> Then a few more errors and Kernel panic
> >>
> >> Where would the problem be?
> >>
> >> Barry
> >>
> >>     
> You have to rebuild the initrd to match the kernel and its modules.
> As the kernel develops the initrd scripts need to change to match changes
> in modules required to support the disks for the new kernel.
> I've no experience with 2.6.11 to 2.6.14. We now use 2.6.21
> and know a bit about how to support it on FC4.

yes, i have rebuilt the initrd by the command: 
/sbin/mkinitrd --builtin=ata_piix /boot/initrd-2.6.14.img initrd-2.6.14
> 
> What we did to find differences was to run later versions of Fedora Core
> that support the kernel we want to use out of the box. Then we break open
> the initrd and see what the differences are between the old and new initrd
> files.
how did you analysis the differences? the constent of the file is scale
of two. 
> 
> Barry
> 
> 


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