Thanks for the suggestion. When I try it, here is what I get... /sbin/vgcfgrestore -n world -o /dev/sdd1 /dev/hda2 vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "vg_write(): open" storing VGDA of "world" on disks Am I supposed to do something to the new disk other than creating an LVM partition on it ? Jims On Fri, 26 Apr 2002 linux-lvm-request@sistina.com wrote: > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 12:05:18 +0200 > From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" <mauelshagen@sistina.com> > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Lvm woes > Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > > > Jims, > > you hit one of the tradeofs of LVM1: binary metadata backup formats. > Therefore we have text formated ones in LVM2. > > "Well, that doesn't help me", I hear you say. > > So the help story goes: > > - stay with your 0.9 version > > - comment out the "if ( pv_get_size ( pv_name, NULL) != vg.pv[index]->pv_size) " > which should be starting arround line 321 in vgcfgrestore.c > > - generate and install the LVM software > > - retry to vgcfgrestore to hdd1 as you did before > > - vgscan;vgchange -ay world > > - upgrade to LVM 1.0.3 is recommended afterwards > > Please tell me, how that goes. > > Regards, > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- _______________________________________________ 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
