Subject: RE: Trying to convert a LVM partition to non-LVM
> Styma, Robert E (Robert) wrote:
> > My question becomes, "What file(s) other than fstab and grub.conf
> > need to change to change the root parttion from an LVM parition
> > to a normal ext partition such as sda2?"
>
> Recreate the mkinitrd in your /boot.
>
> Boot from a rescue disk, mount your system and chroot into that.
> You can run mkinitrd manually (needs a filename /boot/initrd...
> and the kernel version) or you can trigger the steps that happen
> when you install a new kernel, by using a rpm -Uhv --oldpackage
> kernel... or running the script the rpm would run
> (rpm -q --scripts kernel prints something like
> /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --depmod
> --install 2.6...
> )
>
> --
> Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it
THANKS ROBERTO!
This looks like a winner. I will try this method on a test
machine shortly.
--
Somewhat Solved,
After the partitions were copied over, I needed to get rid of the
references to the logical volume manager in serveral files:
/etc/fstab
/etc/mtab
/boot/grub/grub.conf
Then run:
mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-53.el5.img 2.6.18-53.el5
Replace the version info by whatever kernel is loaded.
Then run grub and enter:
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
I still go some funny udev errors, but the system came up.
There may be other files which need to be cleaned up that
I have not found yet, but at least the system came up.