Slackware64 current LVM

tuxbg · 08-10-2013, 01:36 AM

My question is why i can't install Slackware with LVM.
I use this
Every time when reboot my computer i get kernel panic.I use huge kernel not generic,but with generic kernel is the same situation

tuxbg · 08-10-2013, 02:09 AM

Hm that is very strange.I miss -L to mkinitrd and now generic kernel works.But with huge kernel i got kernel panic

Stephen Morgan · 08-10-2013, 04:02 AM

You can't use an initrd with the huge kernel, so you can't use the huge kernel with LVM.

tuxbg · 08-10-2013, 04:04 AM

No i dont use initrd with huge kernel.
Huge kernel wont boot.Only generic kernel work.

GazL · 08-10-2013, 04:27 AM

If you have your rootfs on an lvm lv then you will need an initrd with lvm support ('-L') before the rootfs can be mounted. I don't know why Stephen believes you can't use an initrd with a huge kernel, but if you're going to need an initrd you might as well use the 'generic' kernel anyway.

Stephen Morgan · 08-10-2013, 11:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GazL

If you have your rootfs on an lvm lv then you will need an initrd with lvm support ('-L') before the rootfs can be mounted. I don't know why Stephen believes you can't use an initrd with a huge kernel, but if you're going to need an initrd you might as well use the 'generic' kernel anyway.

From README_CRYPT:

Quote:

We also need to change the kernel file to a generic kernel, because lilo
is unable to combine the 'huge' kernels in Slackware 14.0 with an initrd
image - it will complain about "The initial RAM disk is too big to fit
between the kernel and the 15M-16M memory hole" if you try a 'huge'
kernel. We can live with that, since the 'huge' kernels are not meant
for day-to-day use anyway.

TommyC7 · 08-11-2013, 01:49 AM

One could always just add "large-memory" to /etc/lilo.conf somewhere.