On Tue, Aug 27, 2002 at 03:46:46PM -0700, Glenn Shannon wrote: > > Actually your comment made me think. > > I am running Sourcemage Linux(I am one of the developers) and we use > devfs mounted on /devices with symlinks from /dev. > > After I created a symlink from /dev/mass (the vg) that pointed to > /devices/mass (the actual device) all was well. Yes. That's a thing LVM1 can't handle automatically :( LVM2 can cover it happily because the device name space is fully configurable. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > Thanks all! > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com > [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com] On Behalf Of Heinz J . > Mauelshagen > Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 12:11 AM > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Cannot create an lvm. > > > Glenn, > > I guess you are not using devfs and your /dev/ nodes for the > LVM devices might be wrong. > > Please run "vgmknodes;vgchange -ay" and retry to create your LV in VG > "mass". > > BTW: you should better try LVM2 (our new development code base) > rather than > LVM1.1, which has been an interim development version. In case > you need > to stick with version 1, please take the recent 1.0.5 production > version. > > Regards, > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 06:17:06PM -0700, Glenn Shannon wrote: > > > > Hi all. > > > > I am having a problem creating a new LVM on my system. > > > > I currently have one on there, and am trying to replace it with a > > bigger set of drives. > > > > It is failing when I go to lvcreate a logical volume. > > > > Vgdisplay reports: > > > > root@warlock:~# vgdisplay > > --- Volume group --- > <SNIP> > > VG UUID NxrOxe-GXEF-Cslo-D3NH-oXBg-mlxu-jsqdMo > > > > > > root@warlock:~# vgdisplay --version > > vgdisplay: Logical Volume Manager 1.1-rc2 > > Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software 23/04/2002 (IOP 10) > > > > root@warlock:~# > > > > root@warlock:~# dmesg|grep LVM > > LVM version 1.1-rc2(23/04/2002) > > root@warlock:~# > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > *** Software bugs are stupid. > Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > =-=-=-=- > > Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software > Inc. > Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 > 56242 > Marienrachdorf > Germany > Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 > FAX 924446 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > =-=-=-=- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ 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
