I received your message via the list so you're not the only one :) However I cannot give any assistance with your issue. My apologies. Just letting you know you're not alone on the list, Andy. Andrew Rechenberg Network Team, Sherman Financial Group -----Original Message----- From: Rene @ Webscorpion.com [mailto:rene.madsen@webscorpion.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:29 AM To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] kernel: invalidate: busy buffer Uhm, 24 hours and my posts is the only one? Am I the only person on this list? > Dear LVM gurus > > I've installed LVM on several computers over the years, generally > without problem, but now I've hit a box where I can't make it work: > This is a P4 with two 60GB IDE drives, hda and hdc. The Kernel is a > Redhat 2.4.17 (custom 0.6 fwiw) which I understand is an -ac flavor > kernel. It would seem that because of compatibility issues with aquote > - unrelated to LVM - I need this -ac hack present. > > I downloaded and installed the userland tools 1.0.3 and had a beautiful > patch created. Trying to apply the patch with --dry-run gives a couple > of errors though, so I didn't dare applying it. > > Instead I just compiled the kernel with LVM support in the kernel > (whichever is present in the 2.4.17 kernel, not as not module) and > everything seems fine - at least no complaints. This i've done several > times before without getting into trouble. > > Rebooted the kernel, everything still fine. ran vgscan (tookforever but > eventually came back) followed by vgchange -a y, which also was ok. > > pvcreate on both the partitions (one on each disk) goes fine, and so > does vgcreate (again, takes forever, but finally...) > > Now the problem: lvcreate dumps core. Doesnt matter how much or little > space I create, what I call it, if I use just one pv or if I try to > slice it. > > I notice in my /var/log/messages that I get MILLIONS (really) of > errors: kernel: invalidate: busy buffer > last message repeated 12233432 times > last message repeated 534252times > last message repeated 545234242 times > > What am I doing wrong? Is this error related to the missing kernel > patching? > > How can I patch a standard kernel for both -ac and LVM ? As I > understand it they both require a "clean" kernel to apply good? > > Sorry for the perhaps stupid quiestions, but I am not a kernel guru - I > only know just enough to get myself into trouble :-) I *did* read the > FAQ and I *did* search google (usenet) - didnt' find the answers tho... > > TIA! > Rene > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
