On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 12:49:49PM +0000, Octavio Di Sciullo wrote: > I've tried to apply to pvmove (from lvm 0.9.1b7) the patch > issued on this thread : > http://lists.sistina.com/pipermail/linux-lvm/2001-September/008767.html > , but unfortunately, it doesnt work :/. With this "forced" > pvmove, i get an endless read loop : > > "read:-1 to_read:512 > read:-1 to_read:512 > read:-1 to_read:512 > read:-1 to_read:512" > ..... (i let it run for about 4h and the output never > changed, nor as the drive never ceased to produce scary > noises) > > Now i dont really know if this the proper behavior of the > patched pvmove in case it REALLY doesnt manage to read the > data (i thought this was what the patch was for), or if i > have a compatibility problem with my 0.9 lvm installed and > the 0.9.1b7 patched pvmove.... I tried (a bit) to upgrade to > 0.9.1b7 but i get dependency conflicts. Did you run it as root? (isn't -1==EPERM, meaning you have no permission?) The proper output (I think) should be: read:-5 to_read:512 and with 4MB extent-size you should have 8192 such messages pr bad extent (max). -- Ragnar Kjørstad Big Storage
