Yes i'm sure i was root (pvmove isnt in the normal users path anyway), but i had assumed the "read" and "to_read" values to be counters, quantifying the progress of the moving process. Well, thanks for trying to help. Octavio > -------Message d'origine------- > De : Ragnar Kjørstad <lvm@ragnark.vestdata.no> > Date : 26/12/2001 17:59:34 > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html > > ______________________________________________________ Boîte aux lettres - Caramail - http://www.caramail.com
