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Re: NetBSD-8.0_BETA build and LVM



hvozda%ack.org@localhost ("Eric S. Hvozda") writes:

>However, while trying to use LVM in the shell of the install image, pvcreate and vgcreate work fine. However, upon the first lvcreate, o get:

>Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.


pvcreate and vgcreate operate only in userland. lvcreate needs kernel
support, apparently that is missing.

Can you explain what 'in the shell of the install image' means? It sounds
like 'booted install CD and exited from sysinst to shell' but I'm not sure.

Also, what install image did you try?


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