Hello! On Fri Apr 5 19:29:33 2002 CEST Eike Bernhardt wrote: > lvcreate -- ERROR "Operation not permitted" opening logical volume > "/dev/pile/test" > > (Attached is a Logfile which shows this in Context, and more Info) *arg* OK, so this time with the Log attached ... Bye, Eike -- Eike Bernhardt http://unorganized.net/ ICQ: 11256658 "PEOPLE'S WHOLE LIVES DO PASS IN FRONT OF THEIR EYES BEFORE THEY DIE. THE PROCESS IS CALLED 'LIVING'." Death -- (Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent
root@teefax:~ # fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 7297 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 765 6144831 b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 766 2040 10241437+ a5 FreeBSD /dev/hda3 2041 3315 10241437+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda4 3316 7297 31985415 8e Linux LVM root@teefax:~ # pvcreate -v /dev/hda4 pvcreate -- locking logical volume manager pvcreate -- checking physical volume name "/dev/hda4" pvcreate -- getting physical volume size pvcreate -- checking maximum physical volume size pvcreate -- checking partition type pvcreate -- checking volume group name pvcreate -- creating new physical volume pvcreate -- setting up physical volume for /dev/hda4 with 63970830 sectors pvcreate -- writing physical volume data to disk "/dev/hda4" pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/hda4" successfully created pvcreate -- unlocking logical volume manager root@teefax:~ # vgdisplay pile --- Volume group --- VG Name pile VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 1 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 2 Act PV 2 VG Size 85.52 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 21892 Alloc PE / Size 21892 / 85.52 GB Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID 7F14se-04WD-dxtR-gHMd-PpLz-oGqw-Ceh56p root@teefax:~ # vgextend pile /dev/hda4 vgextend -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 255.99 Gigabyte vgextend -- creating archive of volume group "pile" in "/etc/lvmconf" vgextend -- volume group "pile" successfully extended root@teefax:~ # vgdisplay pile Max PV 256 Cur PV 3 Act PV 3 VG Size 116.01 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 29699 Alloc PE / Size 21892 / 85.52 GB Free PE / Size 7807 / 30.50 GB VG UUID 7F14se-04WD-dxtR-gHMd-PpLz-oGqw-Ceh56p root@teefax:~ # lvcreate -v -n test -L 100 pile --- Volume group --- VG Name pile VG Access read/write VG Status available/resizable VG # 1 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 1 MAX LV Size 255.99 GBlvcreate -- checking volume group name "pile" lvcreate -- reading volume group data of volume group "pile" from disk(s) lvcreate -- checking volume group activity lvcreate -- checking logical volume path "/dev/pile/test" lvcreate -- checking stripe count lvcreate -- checking stripe size lvcreate -- locking logical volume manager lvcreate -- getting volume group status from VGDA in kernel lvcreate -- checking stripe size against volume group physical extent size lvcreate -- checking logical volume maximum size lvcreate -- checking volume group free space lvcreate -- checking stripe count against physical volume count lvcreate -- checking for maximum logical volume count lvcreate -- setting up logical volume lvcreate -- setting read ahead sectors lvcreate -- creating logical volume VGDA in kernel lvcreate -- storing logical volume VGDA on disk(s) lvcreate -- creating device special file lvcreate -- opening logical volume "/dev/pile/test" for init lvcreate -- ERROR "Operation not permitted" opening logical volume "/dev/pile/test" root@teefax:~ #