I had that problem aswell. I was using the stock compiler with RedHat and switched to egcs 1.1.2 and it worked fine. > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com > [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com] On Behalf Of Tony Cox > Sent: October 5, 2001 8:58 AM > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: [linux-lvm] consistent lvcreate core dump (rc4 - 2.4.10) > > > > > I'm new to LVM so apologies if this is a FAQ. > > I just installed LVM-1.0.1-rc4 on a 486-based linux box > running 2.4.10. It only has SCSI disks running via a 53c710 > chip on the motherboard. It also has an adaptec 1540B scsi > card installed but that only hosts a scsi CDROM. > > The LVM kernel patch, module build and install went without a > hitch. I have 5 2GB scsi disk each divided into 2 x 1GB > partitions. I set the 8e partion flag and created the PVs > without and problem. I then created a VG with 4 of the > partitions (sda1/2 and sdb1/2). This went OK. > > Finally when I came to create an LV I got a seg fault. Using > the -v flag I found that it got up to the part where it was: > "creating logical volume VGDA in kernel". Then it crashed. > > The LV create command was: > > lvcreate -V -L 1000M -n backup vg1 > > Could anybody tell me if I am doing something wrong? - or how > to track down the problem? > > The pvscan and vgscan utilties reported no problems and I > tried restarting LVM, inactivating, reactivating the GV and > even deleting the whole thing including the PVs and repeating > the process - so it is completely reproduceable in my situation. > > thanks > > Tony > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linu> x-lvm > read the > LVM HOW-TO at > http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html >
