On 5/29/05, Justin Conover <justin.conover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can't create a logical volume, have no problems doing it on another > rawhide box. Plenty of space, I've done this ++++ times and for some > reason this box is just causing a problem. "permission denied" > > Could this be a dieing HD? The box has 4x36GB scsi drives in it, in > Raid0/lvm config. > > > [root@trinity ~]# lvcreate -L2G -nLogVol08 VolGroup01 > Logical volume "LogVol08" created > [root@trinity ~]# mke2fs -j /dev/VolGroup01/LogVol08 > mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) > Could not stat /dev/VolGroup01/LogVol08 --- Permission denied > [root@trinity ~]# mkfs.ext3 -F -j /dev/VolGroup01/LogVol08 > mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) > mkfs.ext3: Permission denied while trying to determine filesystem size > # mkfs.ext3 -F -j /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol08 > mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) > mkfs.ext3: Permission denied while trying to determine filesystem size > ]# mkfs.ext3 -F -j /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol08 > mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) > mkfs.ext3: Permission denied while trying to determine filesystem size > [root@trinity ~]# mke2fs -f /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol08 > mke2fs: bad fragment size - /dev/mapper/VolGroup01-LogVol08 > > [root@trinity ~]# id -Z > root:system_r:unconfined_t > [root@trinity ~]# ls -la /sbin/ | grep mkfs > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 7192 May 3 23:30 mkfs > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15872 May 3 23:30 mkfs.cramfs > -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 35888 May 10 04:17 mkfs.ext2 > -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 35888 May 10 04:17 mkfs.ext3 > -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 30180 Apr 28 09:31 mkfs.msdos > -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 30180 Apr 28 09:31 mkfs.vfat > [root@trinity ~]# lsmod | grep ext3 > ext3 133193 8 > jbd 61785 1 ext3 > > [root@trinity ~]# vgdisplay > --- Volume group --- > VG Name VolGroup01 > System ID > Format lvm2 > Metadata Areas 1 > Metadata Sequence No 12 > VG Access read/write > VG Status resizable > MAX LV 0 > Cur LV 9 > Open LV 8 > Max PV 0 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 101.28 GB > PE Size 32.00 MB > Total PE 3241 > Alloc PE / Size 672 / 21.00 GB > Free PE / Size 2569 / 80.28 GB > VG UUID 8A535T-TOpJ-Fzkg-BREJ-TJE7-E3Lp-nChZOg > > > The differences on the box that work don't work are following, > > Works (x86_64/rawhide) > # rpm -qa | grep lvm > lvm2-2.01.08-1.0 <----- WHY 2? > lvm2-2.01.08-2.1 > system-config-lvm-0.9.32-1.0 > # rpm -qa | grep e2fsprogs > e2fsprogs-devel-1.37-4 > e2fsprogs-1.37-4.x86_64 > e2fsprogs-1.37-4.i386 > > > > Doesn't work (x86/Rawhide) > # rpm -qa | grep lvm > lvm2-2.01.08-2.1 > system-config-lvm-0.9.32-1.0 > # rpm -qa | grep e2fsprogs > e2fsprogs-devel-1.37-4 > e2fsprogs-1.37-4 > Both box's are in a soft raid/lvm config, Not sure why the i386 box > defaulted to VolGroup01 but shouldn't matter in any case. > Well, it looks like the problem is between mkfs and selinux. The box that works is set to # sestatus SELinux status: disabled While the one that doesn't work is running selinux, so is this a bug, can anyone else mkfs on selinux=1 box's? I haven't run into this before and I know I have other box's running selinux that i've created new fs on.