Jim Popovitch (jimpop@xxxxxxxxx) said: > > You absolutely need mkinitrd to have a LVM system. In fact, it's one of > > the ones you *can't* boot without an initrd. > > But can't you have an existing initrd without mkinitrd? If you want to losetup, mke2fs, mount, cp, umount, etc. all by hand, sure. > If what you say > is true, then all lvm users need to have mkinitrd as a dependency of > lvm, not the other way as it is now. lvm does not require mkinitrd for general use. An initrd is only required for root on LVM. The dependency is there as a convenience to avoid broken systems. As I said, if it tasks you, file a bug. > > Feel free to file a bug against mkinitrd. In the grand scheme of things, > > it's $.20 of disk space. ;) > > Yes, but it's $20+ worth of insight. Out of curiosity, what's your role > at RH? Grumpy bastard. Bill
