Bug#351679: upgrading lvm2 makes lvm2-rooted machines unbootable

Tue Feb 7 16:15:13 UTC 2006

severity 351679 important
thanks

On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 01:14:16AM +0200, Juha Jaykka wrote:
> BTW, this breaks policy (no upgrade-path from sarge to etch, assuming this
> version of lvm2 ever gets to etch - this bug should prevent this).

Why? Upgrading the kernel before is a valid path.

> Kernel-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp has now been installed and system works fine,
> except that when I do another upgrade, it now pulls the new lvm2 into place
> and after that it's not bootable. LVM2 no longer finds its volume groups.
> Please bear in mind that the system has its root on LVM2, to its really not
> usable at all.

LVM don't call itself before init works, so you have a initrd which does
the work for you.

Bastian

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