On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 11:17:23AM -0600, Kelly Corbin wrote: > OK, now I have another problem. I got vgscan to run fine now off of my > boot CD, but now the system fails the vgscan on boot (/ is an LVM) with > an 'ERROR 28 writing volume group backup file /etc/...' > > I'm assuming this is because the initrd created by lvmcreate_initrd is > not big enough to accomodate the metadata backup. Exactly. > What size is this > generally (lvmcreate_initrd says it calculates this automatically) and > to what size should I set this manually to get this to work? How much > space do I need for the backups during vgscan? Calculate your given initrd size plus your /etc/lvconf/* backup sizes you need to store in the initrd once vgscan is run and change the INITRDSIZE to that number in kilobytes + 1MB. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > Thanks. > > Kelly Corbin wrote: > > > Doh! I didn't get what you were saying in your first reply. I'm sure > > that's it. It's running in an init. ramdisk image and there's very > > little actual space. Generally speaking, how big do those backups get? > > > > Thanks for your help. > > > > Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 02:20:44PM -0600, Kelly Corbin wrote: > >> > >> It is probably too little free space in the root fs. > >> Because you've got somany extents the size of the metadata backup is > >> bigger > >> as well. > >> > >> Check your root fs free space, please. > >> > >> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> > >>> Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Error 2 is ENOENT (no entry). > >>>> Could be a space problem in case / run full. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > >>> > > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------- > -- Kelly Corbin > -- Systems Administrator > -- > -- http://www.theiqgroup.com > -- The Future of eServices... > -- > -- The IQ Group, Inc. > -- 6740 Antioch Suite 110 > -- Merriam, KS 66204 > -- (913)-722-6700 x105 > -- Fax (913)722-7264 > -------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 *** 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
