Description of problem: After installing FC2 test1 root filesystem on LVM2 logical volume boot hangs on Logicial Volume Manager initialization trying to access CDROM drive. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Very Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC2 test 1 on LVM2 root filesystem 2. Reboot 3. This problem is noted in the release notes Actual results: After message is issued about LVM startup the light on the hard drive and the CDROM drive blink alternately and boot does not proceed. Expected results: Additional info: The workaround is to place a cdrom in the drive after the grub screen is displayed and before kernel is loaded by grub. A quick fix would for anaconda to create an /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file that excludes the cdrom drive. A better fix would be for the LVM to figure out not to wait around for an empty removable drive.
Are you shure that it doesn't boot after a while? I see the same, but after three minutes or so, the boot finally proceeds. Not meaning to say that this behaviour is correct though.
LVM2 is using a not-very-good mechanism for searching for devices. It will be fixed in a future upstream release, as it looks in sysfs.
Should be fixed in rawhide for now, unless you've got raid devices as physical volumes.