LVM and /boot

[Markku Kolkka]

flupke wrote:

> 1. Is it possible to have grub read stuff from an lvm parition or
> will i have to make a non lvm partition just to place the boot
> partition on so grub can reach the initrd-lvm image?

/boot must be on a non-LVM partition.

> 2. In the case that i have to make a non lvm partition: i already
> made the whole /dev/hdb as lvm. Can i resize it with fdisk and
> not lose any data

No.

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Markku Kolkka
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[flupke]

"Markku Kolkka" <markku.kolkka@iki.fi> wrote in message
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> > 2. In the case that i have to make a non lvm partition: i already
> > made the whole /dev/hdb as lvm. Can i resize it with fdisk and
> > not lose any data

>
> No.

Hhhmm. Can i work around it via a bootdisk?
I don't feel like reinstalling the server. Then again if it's necessary
to get a bootable system, i won't have another choice since
if fear my hda is going to crash any time now.

Benedict