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Description of problem:
An automated kernel install via up2date creates an unbootable kernel
under some circumstances.

When the root filesystem in on LVM and the first, root entry in
/etc/fstab uses LABEL= similar to "LABEL=/root / ext3 defaults 1 1",
then mkinitrd fails to create a correct initrd for the system.

The mkinitrd program does not detect that the root filesystem is on
LVM and so does not include the vgscan, vgchange and vgwrapper modules
in the initrd nor the "vgscan" or "vgchange -ay" commands in the initrd.

This results in a kernel panic due to not being able to find the root
filesystem.

This situation does not occur when the entry in /etc/fstab does not
use the LABEL= syntax and instead refers to the LVM volume similar to
"/dev/Volume00/root / ext3 defaults 1 1"

If the use of LABEL= and LVM is not supported, then this is an
enhancement request, but since I haven't read any documentation that
says it can't be done, I'll log it as a bug.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.5.13-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
0. Setup system with an LVM root filesystem
1. boot to your default kernel
1. e2label /dev/root "/root" (no /dev/root but you get the idea.)
1. echo "LABEL=/root / ext3 defaults 1 1" > /tmp/foo
2. cat /etc/fstab | grep -v " / " >> /tmp/foo
3. cat /tmp/foo > /tmp/fstab && rm -f /tmp/foo
5. rm -f /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img
6. mkinitrd /boot/initrd-`uname -r`.img `uname -r`
7. Reboot
8. Kernel panic - cannot find init.
    

Actual Results:  The kernel could not find the root filesystem because
the LVM volume was not detected with "vgscan" and was not activated
with "vgchange -ay", and as a result the kernel panicked becaus eit
could not find init.


Expected Results:  The kernel should have booted in my opinion. :-)

Additional info:

My fstab currently starts with the following 7 lines.
# LABEL=/root      /               ext3    defaults        1 1
# The above entry causes mkinitd to leave out vgscan, vgchange
# and vgwrapper and the associated entries in linuxrc such as
# "vgscan" and "vgchange -ay", and as a result a boot to an kernel
# that has been upgraded with up2date automatically will fail.
#
/dev/Volume00/root /               ext3    defaults        1 1