LVM does not work at all. I have tried LVM as a modules and as compiled in driver. All in vain. I started last sunday or monday with 2.4.19-pre10 with and without Alan Cox patch number 2 and with and without preemptible patch by Robert Love. Now, few days later I am totally frustrated and mad. My latest attempts was this: - Kernel 2.4.18 - Patches from LVM sources version 1.0.4 I use Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Woody on a x86. I also use devfs and devfsd. Versions of LVM-tools is this: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-=========-=================================================== ii lvm-common 1.5.5 The Logical Volume Manager for Linux (common files) ii lvm10 1.0.4-4 The Logical Volume Manager for Linux And now: Let the show begin: -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # uname -a Linux heresy 2.4.18-LVM-1.0.4 #2 Wed Jun 12 21:16:17 EEST 2002 i586 unknown -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # dmesg | grep LVM Linux version 2.4.18-LVM-1.0.4 (root@heresy) (gcc version 3.0.4) #2 Wed Jun 12 21:16:17 EEST 2002 LVM version 1.0.4(02/05/2002) -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # tree /proc/lvm/ /proc/lvm/ |-- VGs `-- global 1 directory, 1 file -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # cat /proc/lvm/global LVM driver LVM version 1.0.4(02/05/2002) Total: 0 VGs 0 PVs 0 LVs (0 LVs open) Global: 143 bytes malloced IOP version: 10 5:47:14 active -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # pvcreate --version pvcreate: Logical Volume Manager 1.0.4 Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software 02/05/2002 (IOP 10) -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # pvcreate -d -v /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- CALLED <22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED <22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- AFTER ioctl ret: -102 <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- LEAVING with ret: -102 pvcreate -- LVM driver/module not loaded? zsh: 5602 exit 95 pvcreate -d -v /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # pvcreate -f -d -v /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- CALLED <22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED <22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- AFTER ioctl ret: -102 <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- LEAVING with ret: -102 pvcreate -- LVM driver/module not loaded? zsh: 5606 exit 95 pvcreate -f -d -v /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # ls -la /dev/lvm crw-r----- 1 root root 109, 0 Jun 13 2002 /dev/lvm -=*[ROOT ZSH]*=- root@heresy:/root # file /dev/lvm /dev/lvm: character special (109/0) And now something completely different: strace -o /tmp/lvm.err.2.log pvcreate -f -d -v /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 execve("/sbin/pvcreate", ["pvcreate", "-f", "-d", "-v", "/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3"], [/* 78 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="heresy", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x8049bf4 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=60644, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 60644, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\30\222"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1153784, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 1166560, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40023000 mprotect(0x40136000, 40160, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40136000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x113000) = 0x40136000 old_mmap(0x4013c000, 15584, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4013c000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40014000, 60644) = 0 stat64("/dev/lvm", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0640, st_rdev=makedev(109, 0), ...}) = 0 open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) stat64("/lib/lvm-default/pvcreate", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=13036, ...}) = 0 execve("/lib/lvm-default/pvcreate", ["pvcreate", "-f", "-d", "-v", "/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun"...], [/* 78 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="heresy", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804becc open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=60644, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 60644, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/liblvm-10.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0T\0\000"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=219908, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 235008, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40023000 mprotect(0x40058000, 17920, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40058000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x34000) = 0x40058000 old_mmap(0x4005a000, 9728, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4005a000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\30\222"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1153784, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 1166560, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4005d000 mprotect(0x40170000, 40160, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40170000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x113000) = 0x40170000 old_mmap(0x40176000, 15584, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40176000 close(3) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4017a000 munmap(0x40014000, 60644) = 0 open("/etc/lvmtab", O_RDONLY) = 3 close(3) = 0 open("/etc/lvmtab.d", O_RDONLY) = 3 close(3) = 0 open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) open("/etc/lvmtab", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0640, st_size=1, ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x804becc brk(0x804beec) = 0x804beec brk(0x804c000) = 0x804c000 read(3, "\0", 1) = 1 close(3) = 0 write(2, "<1> lvm_get_iop_version -- CALLE"..., 34) = 34 write(2, "<22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED"..., 33) = 33 stat64("/dev/lvm", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0640, st_rdev=makedev(109, 0), ...}) = 0 write(2, "<22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVIN"..., 34) = 34 open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOSYS (Function not implemented) open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENODEV (No such device) write(2, "<1> lvm_get_iop_version -- AFTER"..., 49) = 49 write(2, "<1> lvm_get_iop_version -- LEAVI"..., 50) = 50 write(2, "pvcreate -- LVM driver/module no"..., 43) = 43 _exit(95) = ? 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