On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:58:15PM +0100, Tony Cox wrote: > > > 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. My guess is you're using redhat 7.1 with the dodgy release of gcc. Try either building the tools without optimisation or upgrading your compiler. - Joe
