lvm2 support needed for both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels

[sireasoning]

It is time for knoppix to support lvm2. It is crucial for many systems and the lack of lvm2 support is a glaring hole in rescue disk functionality of knoppix. It would be trivial to implement. Currently dev-mapper is active in kernel 2.6, and the same can be done for 2.4. Currently, /dev/mapper is a link to the live-cd, it should be copied over to /dev instead of linked as lvm needs to write to that directory (when 'vgchange -ay'). The only thing left is to install lvm2 which takes up little space as it is a small file.

[MrMoke]

I agree! Fedora will install root to a LVM volume as default unless you manually build the partitions. This shortcoming makes Knoppix useless as a method for rescue, and I don't see LVM going away anytime soon.

If it is truly that simple, then it should be addressed soon.

[DeSt]

One more vote from me for LVM2 support.

I use Knoppix regularly, mainly as a rescue system. As most Linux systems in my environment have all file systems on LVM volumes, I usually remaster every second or third Knoppix release to add two packages: lvm2 and lvm-common.

Those two packages need 873 kB space, which is very little compared to the big gain.

Or do miss a perfectly good reason for not having LVM support on the CD/DVD?

Regards,
DeSt

[sireasoning]

For the frustrated, both pclinuxos and ubuntu support lvm2.

[jc2]

Add me to the count.
Oddly enough, knoppix was able to map the raid5 subarray, but it failed to map the dev/mapper raid1 boot array.
The ubuntu live cd worked well for me.

[JC]2