-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi! I'm running a core Linux system with the 2.4.17 kernel. The current computer behind this was an AMD K6 300 with 128 MB RAM and a Tecram DC390 SCSI Controler. On this sytem I had 3 IDE HD's with at least 2 lvm Volume groups and 2 Logical Volumes. Now I had to reduce on of the three IDE HD's. On this HD was no LVM on, but "/". So I reduce my 2 LV to only on partition and use the other for "/". I change to Singel User mod and copy the wohl data to that Partition. After I reboot everythin works fine only the Volumegroups couldn't be activated any more. I tried several of the LVM tools on a copy of this disc but nothing helps. With pvdata I can the all meta data of the Volume Groups and of the Logical Volumes but I can not access to them any more. Here some details: [~]# pvdata /dev/hdc2 - --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdc2 VG Name lvm-2 PV Size 5.99 GB [12562830 secs] / NOT usable 4.19 MB [LVM: 133 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes Cur LV 1 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 1532 Free PE 124 Allocated PE 1408 PV UUID GYCimZ-2kN2-gf0r-x16s-JOMr-Y8B9-NK0XaY - --- Volume group --- VG Name VG Access read/write VG Status NOT available/resizable VG # 1 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 5.98 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 1532 Alloc PE / Size 1408 / 5.50 GB Free PE / Size 124 / 496 MB VG UUID xORpRm-x4lw-FUsO-IzHF-AwWc-5mX0-rPiC85 - --- List of logical volumes --- pvdata -- logical volume "/dev/lvm-2/lv2" at offset 0 pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 1 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 2 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 3 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 4 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 5 is 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volume struct at offset 189 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 190 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 191 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 192 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 193 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 194 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 195 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 196 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 197 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 198 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 199 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 200 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 201 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 202 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 203 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 204 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 205 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 206 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 207 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 208 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 209 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 210 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 211 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 212 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 213 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 214 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 215 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 216 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 217 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 218 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 219 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 220 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 221 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 222 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 223 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 224 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 225 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 226 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 227 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 228 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 229 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 230 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 231 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 232 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 233 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 234 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 235 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 236 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 237 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 238 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 239 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 240 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 241 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 242 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 243 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 244 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 245 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 246 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 247 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 248 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 249 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 250 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 251 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 252 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 253 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 254 is empty pvdata -- logical volume struct at offset 255 is empty - --- List of physical volume UUIDs --- 001: GYCimZ-2kN2-gf0r-x16s-JOMr-Y8B9-NK0XaY [~]# vgchange -ay lvm2 vgchange -- volume group "lvm2" does not exist [~]# vgcfgrestore -t -nlvm-2 -l /dev/hdc2 vgcfgrestore -- INFO: using backup file "/etc/lvmconf/lvm-2.conf" vgcfgrestore -- backup of volume group "lvm-2" is consistent - --- Volume group --- VG Name lvm-2 VG Access read/write VG Status NOT available/resizable VG # 1 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 5.98 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 1532 Alloc PE / Size 1408 / 5.50 GB Free PE / Size 124 / 496 MB VG UUID xORpRm-x4lw-FUsO-IzHF-AwWc-5mX0-rPiC85 [~]# vgcfgrestore -nlvm-2 /dev/hdc2 vgcfgrestore -- INFO: using backup file "/etc/lvmconf/lvm-2.conf" vgcfgrestore -- physical volume "/dev/hdc2" doesn't belong to volume group "lvm-2" If I try the same command on /dev/hda2 wich is not my backup then I get: [~]# vgcfgrestore -t -nlvm-2 -l /dev/hda2 vgcfgrestore -- INFO: using backup file "/etc/lvmconf/lvm-2.conf" vgcfgrestore -- backup of volume group "lvm-2" is consistent - --- Volume group --- VG Name lvm-2 VG Access read/write VG Status NOT available/resizable VG # 1 MAX LV 256 Cur LV 1 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 255.99 GB Max PV 256 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 5.98 GB PE Size 4 MB Total PE 1532 Alloc PE / Size 1408 / 5.50 GB Free PE / Size 124 / 496 MB VG UUID xORpRm-x4lw-FUsO-IzHF-AwWc-5mX0-rPiC85 [~]# vgcfgrestore -nlvm-2 /dev/hda2 vgcfgrestore -- INFO: using backup file "/etc/lvmconf/lvm-2.conf" vgcfgrestore -- ERROR "pv_read(): device major number" reading physical volume "/dev/hda2" When I search for this error on your webside I found a hit to take the LVM 1.1-rc2. So I upgraded but the error still came. Can you help me? TobbY -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9NSeBZAM5y/mNFN8RAlDoAJ4vuoZGLqinOBw2/6RN8Je1XMSQQQCeN0li XBaSYrSDutkybj29Ju//1ck= =OU8K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 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
