In case /dev/vgcd/ still exists, "rm -rf" it and retry. On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:20:28AM -0800, Wolfe, Gordon W wrote: > > I'm having a very strange problem. Perhaps you guys can help me. > > > > > > I needed to make a public repository for the contents of five CD's, so I > > set up a Linux server using SuSE 2.2.16 on S/390 under z/VM. For five > > CD's, I figured two volumes ought to hold the contents. An rpm query > > shows lvm-0.8-157, which is what came with the SuSe distribution. > > > > I added two 3390-3 full-pack volumes to Linux and did a dasdfmt on them. > > I went into YAST and created a logical volume group "vgcd" and a logical > > volume "lvcd" using these two volumes. > > I did a mke2fs on the logical volume /dev/vgcd/lvcd > > I was able to mount /dev/vgcd/lvcd as /mnt and was able to do a "df' and > > see them and copy some files to them > > > > So far, so good. Everything looking just fine. > > > > Now, the wierd part: > > I manually umounted /dev/vgcd/lvcd, shut down and rebooted Linux. > > After the reboot, the device /dev/vgcd/lvcd does not exist. > > vgscan says "vgscan -- no volume groups found" > > pvscan says "pvscan -- no valid physical volumes found" > > vgck says "vgck -- no volume groups found" > > pvdisplay /dev/vgcd/lvcd says "invalid physical volume name > > "/dev/vgcd/lvcd" > > ls /dev/lvcd says "No such file or directory" > > If I go back into YAST to do it all over, it says I can't create volume > > group "vgcd" because it already exists. But it doesn't show up in the > > list of volume groups. > > > > > > Can any of you point me in the right direction to see what the problem is? > > > > > "Never trust any computer you can lift." > Gordon Wolfe, Ph.D. (425)865-5940 > VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ 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
