On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 02:36:02PM +0000, Vincent AE Scott wrote: > i'm using LVM on a 2.4.17-19mdk kernel patched up to 1.0.3 > it *appears* that when i boot up without devfs support, i frequently > cant create/extened/mount filesystems. but when i boot up with devfs > support it seems to work. > > is devfs required to use LVM? i am also using 2.4.17-19mdk + LVM the issue is not with the kernel portion but with the tools portion if you start using lvm with devfs you are stuck with it and vice-versa. i proposed a workaround about 13 months ago, but never actually got to code it. :( > without it, ive seen lvcreate SEGV when attempting to create a new > volume. which version of the tools are u using? if it is current can you provide a debug output? if you want to build an rpm for recent tools fetch spec and patch from http://www.comedia.it/bluca/lvm and adapt it to 1.0.3 (will upgrade the site soon) the mkinitrd stuff does not work with 2.4.17-19mdk and xfs > or are there any known problems with using LVM on an SMP host? i cant > think of anything else that might be causing these strange problems. no known issues. L. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Communication Media & Services S.r.l. /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \ _______________________________________________ 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
