Which LVM version are you using? Maybe an older one is causing you trouble. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 08:30:59PM -0700, BOIK MOON wrote: > Hello, I do not have any error on PVCREATE, but > I do not have more than one MD device registred on my PVSCAN. > However, it is OK for the regular devices. Please help me, any clues? > > The following are console message: > > root# cat /proc/mdstat > Personalities : [linear] [raid0] [raid1] [raid5] > read_ahead 1024 sectors > md1 : active raid1 hdd4[1] hdb4[0] > 2048192 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > md0 : active raid1 hdc4[1] hda4[0] > 2048192 blocks [2/2] [UU] > > unused devices: <none> > root# pvcreate /dev/md1 > pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/md1" successfully created > > root# pvcreate /dev/md0 > pvcreate -- physical volume "/dev/md0" successfully created > > root# pvscan > pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/md0" is in no VG [1.95 GB] > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdg4" is in no VG [1000.12 MB] > pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdh4" is in no VG [1000.12 MB] > pvscan -- total: 3 [3.91 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 3 [3.91 GB] > > root# pvdisplay /dev/md1 > pvdisplay -- ERROR "pv_read(): pv_create_name_from_kdev_t" no VALID physical > volume "/dev/md1" > > > root# pvdisplay /dev/md0 > pvdisplay -- "/dev/md0" is a new physical volume of 1.95 GB > > root# pvdata /dev/md1 > --- NEW Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/md1 > VG Name > PV Size 1.95 GB > PV# 0 > PV Status NOT available > Allocatable NO > Cur LV 0 > PE Size (KByte) 0 > Total PE 0 > Free PE 0 > Allocated PE 0 > PV UUID Ke5PpL-bWgO-GTkR-E6Wt-QOzz-pRhy-cJQcPW > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! *** 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