[ale] Can't Log In After LVM2 Removal

[Jim Kinney]

centos and RH use partition names in /etc/fstab. If the LVM stack is
removed, the partition naming is now gone.

It's easier to reinstall and manually create partitions than to migrate from
LVM to not-LVM.

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:

> I'm trying to take the default LVM2 arrangement out from within a CentOS
> 5.4 install and replace it with the classic three-primary-partition
> arrangement...my machine boots up and I get a login prompt, but when I
> try to log in I see for an instant "no shell. permission denied."  Net
> doesn't start so I can't shell in.
>
> Permissions of /root, /bin/bash, /etc/passwd and everything else I can
> think of are rwx for root...the tarball I made from the LV contents used
> a "p" in the args coming and going.
>
> I've put some things in root's crontab and rc.local that do file writes;
> I am led to believe that my / is read-only when I boot.
>
> I can boot up to single-user mode and my / is read-write, for what it's
> worth.
>
> What might I have missed?
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