Quoting "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" <mauelshagen@sistina.com>: > dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/my_sdg1.vgda bs=1k count=512 > losetup /dev/loop0 /tmp/my_sdg1.vgda > pvcreate /dev/loop0 > vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf -n vg1 /devloop0 > vgscan ----- s n i p ----- [papadoc.root]# dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/my_sdg1.vgda bs=1k count=512 512+0 records in 512+0 records out [papadoc.root]# losetup /dev/loop0 /var/my_sdg1.vgda [papadoc.root]# pvcreate /dev/loop0 pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/loop0" successfully created [papadoc.root]# vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf -n vg1 /dev/loop0 vgcfgrestore -- physical volume "/dev/loop0" doesn't belong to volume group "vg1" [papadoc.root]# vgcfgrestore -f /etc/lvmconf/vg1.conf -n vg1 -o /dev/sdg1 /dev/loop0 vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "pv_read(): pv_create_name_from_kdev_t" reading physical volume "/dev/loop0" [papadoc.root]# vgscan vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group ----- s n i p ----- > pvdisplay -v /dev/loop0 ----- s n i p ----- [papadoc.root]# pvdisplay -v /dev/loop0 pvdisplay -- getting physical volume size pvdisplay -- ERROR "pv_read(): pv_create_name_from_kdev_t" no VALID physical volume "/dev/loop0" ----- s n i p ----- Panama Soviet Iran North Korea Kennedy smuggle Cocaine Ft. Meade 747 toluene 767 Qaddafi kibo cryptographic Clinton [See http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/index.html for more about this] _______________________________________________ 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
