Heinz, >this can't be the exact LVM 0.9-Beta7 error message. > It sure is (except error is written ERROR and the message is on 2 lines :-) ) >Is /proc really mounted, *before* vgchange runs in /linuxrc? > Hmm - I'm not sure how I can tell. The mount command certainly comes first and there are no visible error messages. I'm just using lvmcreate_initrd. If the mount command fails then it gives an error message and vgchange gives me different error messages so I assume it's working. >BTW: why do you use such an old kernel and LVM version? > Please give a recent one and LVM 1.0.5 a try. > That's what I was trying to do (for a while) until I discovered this kernel only has beta7 in it. Curiously I had more success with 1.0.5 tools on this kernel. I think I'll take your advice and start again. Many thanks for your support. Dick >> >>vgscan appears to work ok but vgchange fails with: >> >>Error- can't get names of physical volumes - please check if /proc is >>mounted. >> >>Well, /proc is mounted - in fact if it isn't mounted I don't this error. >> >>What does this error message mean and what's likely to be wrong to cause it? >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
