Hi, I've seen exactly (well on hdg1 then, and other sector numbers) the same. I've messed around with it a lot.. In my case it ended with everything beeing gone... :( Denie On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, kalle@idlar.nu wrote: > Hello > > I have built a VG from a couple of disks and have now discovered that one > disk is not working right. Im getting a lot of theese kinds of errors: > > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:03 (hdd), sector 2321462 > hdd: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } > hdd: read_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=12571028, > sector=2321558 > > So I would like to move the data that still can be accessed from the bad > disk and remove the disk from the VG. > When I run pvmove /dev/hdd1 I get theese errors: > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130688 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130689 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130690 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130691 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130692 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130693 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130694 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR "Input/output error" reading sector 130695 from "/dev/hdd1" > pvmove -- ERROR reading input physical volume "/dev/hdd1" (still 393216 > bytes to read) > pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" moving physical extents > > I have tried to upgrade to the 1.0.3 tools and doing "pvmove -i /dev/hdd1" > but I still get the same errors. > Im using lvm-mod version 1.0.1-rc4 with kernel 2.4.17. > > Im willing to accept data loss, so is it possible to force the removal of > the PV, even if its not empty? > > Can I somehow display the files that occupies a PV? so that I know which > files will be lost. > > What if I just remove the /dev/hdd1 partition with fdisk? will that mess up > the whole VG? > > any help appreciateed! > > > /Regards kalle... > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ----- geekcode sig file ----- GCM/GCS/GS d- s: a C++$ U+++$ P+++$ L++$ E- W+++$ N++ u K w++ O M V PS PE++ Y+ PGP t+ 5 X++ R tv- b++ DI++ D+ G e+++ h-- r+>++ y++ ----------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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