[lug] problem compiling Ubuntu kernel

[David L. Anselmi]

bgiles wrote:
> The problem with LVM is getting kinda weird.  The 'device mapper' is
> visible in /proc/misc and 'lvscan' sees the volumes, but there's no
> /dev/vg00 directory.  Running dmsetup mknodes didn't have an effect.

/dev/vg00 is probably created by udev, so before init runs it might not be there.  You can check the 
udev rules to see if something is interfering.

Telling the kernel where root is should just be a menu.lst edit.

Dave