Slackware 8.1 requires no updating of boot time scripts in order to make LVM work.
For versions previous to Slackware 8.1, you should apply the following patch to /etc/rc.d/rc.S
cd /etc/rc.d
cp -a rc.S rc.S.old
patch -p0 < rc.S.diff
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----- snip snip file: rc.S.diff---------------
--- rc.S.or Tue Jul 17 18:11:20 2001
+++ rc.S Tue Jul 17 17:57:36 2001
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
#
# Mostly written by: Patrick J. Volkerding, <volkerdi@slackware.com>
#
+# Added LVM support <tgs@iafrica.com>
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
@@ -28,19 +29,21 @@
READWRITE=yes
fi
+
# Check the integrity of all filesystems
if [ ! READWRITE = yes ]; then
- /sbin/fsck -A -a
+ /sbin/fsck -a /
+ # Check only the root fs first, but no others
# If there was a failure, drop into single-user mode.
if [ ? -gt 1 ] ; then
echo
echo
- echo "*******************************************************"
- echo "*** An error occurred during the file system check. ***"
- echo "*** You will now be given a chance to log into the ***"
- echo "*** system in single-user mode to fix the problem. ***"
- echo "*** Running 'e2fsck -v -y <partition>' might help. ***"
- echo "*******************************************************"
+ echo "************************************************************"
+ echo "*** An error occurred during the root file system check. ***"
+ echo "*** You will now be given a chance to log into the ***"
+ echo "*** system in single-user mode to fix the problem. ***"
+ echo "*** Running 'e2fsck -v -y <partition>' might help. ***"
+ echo "************************************************************"
echo
echo "Once you exit the single-user shell, the system will reboot."
echo
@@ -82,6 +85,44 @@
echo -n "get into your machine and start looking for the problem. "
read junk;
fi
+ # okay / fs is clean, and mounted as rw
+ # This was an addition, limits vgscan to /proc thus
+ # speeding up the scan immensely.
+ /sbin/mount /proc
+
+ # Initialize Logical Volume Manager
+ /sbin/vgscan
+ /sbin/vgchange -ay
+
+ /sbin/fsck -A -a -R
+ #Check all the other filesystem, including the LVM's, excluding /
+
+ # If there was a failure, drop into single-user mode.
+ if [ ? -gt 1 ] ; then
+ echo
+ echo
+ echo "*******************************************************"
+ echo "*** An error occurred during the file system check. ***"
+ echo "*** You will now be given a chance to log into the ***"
+ echo "*** system in single-user mode to fix the problem. ***"
+ echo "*** Running 'e2fsck -v -y <partition>' might help. ***"
+ echo "*** The root filesystem is ok and mounted readwrite ***"
+ echo "*******************************************************"
+ echo
+ echo "Once you exit the single-user shell, the system will reboot."
+ echo
+
+ PS1="(Repair filesystem) #"; export PS1
+ sulogin
+
+ echo "Unmounting file systems."
+ umount -a -r
+ mount -n -o remount,ro /
+ echo "Rebooting system."
+ sleep 2
+ reboot
+ fi
+
else
echo "Testing filesystem status: read-write filesystem"
if cat /etc/fstab | grep ' / ' | grep umsdos 1> /dev/null 2> /dev/null ;
then
@@ -111,14 +152,16 @@
echo -n "Press ENTER to continue. "
read junk;
fi
+
fi
+
# remove /etc/mtab* so that mount will create it with a root entry
/bin/rm -f /etc/mtab* /etc/nologin /etc/shutdownpid
# mount file systems in fstab (and create an entry for /)
# but not NFS or SMB because TCP/IP is not yet configured
-/sbin/mount -a -v -t nonfs,nosmbfs
+/sbin/mount -a -v -t nonfs,nosmbfs,proc
# Clean up temporary files on the /var volume:
/bin/rm -f /var/run/utmp /var/run/*.pid /var/log/setup/tmp/*
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