[SOLVED] how to disable lvm2?

boast · 2012-05-05 17:06:52

I have an issue during boot that gets stuck loading lvm partitions. I tried doing the live cd and changing root, but I get no file found issues, so that route is out of question. And the fallback img also runs the lvm hook, how awful.

There has to be a way to be able to boot my root partition, and ignore anything on the lvm partitions. But it seems I have tied the lvm to the booting. Is there a way to fix this other than reinstalling?

Last edited by boast (2012-05-05 19:54:03)

Ashren · 2012-05-05 17:46:18

This is due to a bug with udev. I believe.

1. Boot to live-cd.
2. Issue: # vgchange -ay (to activate your volumegroup and logical volumes inside it).
3. Follow instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot
4. Run # mkinitcpio -p linux
5. umount your chroot mount.
6. Reboot.

boast · 2012-05-05 17:58:55

Ashren wrote:

This is due to a bug with udev. I believe.
1. Boot to live-cd.
2. Issue: # vgchange -ay (to activate your volumegroup and logical volumes inside it).
3. Follow instructions: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot
4. Run # mkinitcpio -p linux
5. umount your chroot mount.
6. Reboot.

I only have a non-essential partition as an lvm, not my root or anything else. And I can't get chroot working.

falconindy · 2012-05-05 18:06:20

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#init

The 'disablehooks' parameter will let you skip the lvm2 hook on boot.

boast · 2012-05-05 18:22:26

falconindy wrote:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio#init
The 'disablehooks' parameter will let you skip the lvm2 hook on boot.

thanks! that takes care of that. Now I get that /sbin/init doesn't exist after root is mounted, which it does. ahh the curse of doing system upgrades sometimes.

falconindy · 2012-05-05 19:03:03

Sounds to me like you're mounting the wrong partition if you're getting that error.

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#1 2012-05-05 17:06:52

[SOLVED] how to disable lvm2?

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Re: [SOLVED] how to disable lvm2?

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Re: [SOLVED] how to disable lvm2?

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