[ale] VOID linux, was: Re: Origins of Linux, do we care?

[Paul Cartwright]

On 09/25/2015 08:09 PM, Steve Litt wrote:
>> > I tried to install the I686 void on my older laptop that is dual-boot
>> > XP/Ubuntu. I have an existing /dev/sda2 "/" and /dev/sda5 /home.
>> > when I got to the part about void partitioning. I selected sda2, and
>> > whether I selected format or not, every time I said OK, it flashed to
>> > a terminal window with an LVMetads error... something about it being
>> > locked & needed to be restarted.. not sure how I could do that in the
>> > middle of the install script.
> While installing a new Void on a Qemu VM, I too saw three lvmetads
> warnings, or something like that (I couldn't press Ctrl+S fast enough).
> But it was a *warning*. After about a minute, the install proceeded.
> Why don't you wait about 5 minutes and see if it eventually proceeds.
> By the way, if you're using a VM without hardware assistance, that 5
> minutes would be more like 30.
I tried to wait, still bombed. I tried to start lvmetads, couldnt figure
out how... no systemctl, nothing in /etc/init.d what am I missing??


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