Re: port-amd64/54776: install media does not contain support for LVM

["Eric S. Hvozda" <hvozda%ack.org@localhost>]

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From: "Eric S. Hvozda" <hvozda%ack.org@localhost>
To: Tomohiro Kusumi <kusumi.tomohiro%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, port-amd64-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost,
        gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-amd64/54776: install media does not contain support for LVM
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 10:20:13 -0500

 I believe I see the problem.
 
 In the past, / was writable on the install media; before version 8, /dev =
 was a tmpfs.
 
 In 8 and 9RC1, /dev does not have a separate filesystem and therefore is =
 read-only
 
 I don=E2=80=99t know why the /dev mount point was removed (omitted?), =
 but I suspect that the lack of a writable /dev is why the problem =
 exists.
 
 I suspect I can do a work around with a small tmpfs and union mount.
 
 I will test this and report back.
 
 However, is there any reason to not have a writable /dev as it was =
 before=E2=80=A6?=