On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 09:06:18PM +0200, NagyZ wrote: > On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Joe Thornber wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 07:01:36PM +0200, NagyZ wrote: > > > On Sat, 19 Oct 2002, Joe Thornber wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 12:08:44AM +0200, NagyZ wrote: > > > > > hi! > > > > > > > > > > i have 1 VG with 5-6 LV. > > > > > when one of my disks dont get enough power and 'fell out', then my ftp > > > > > processes get to state 'detach', and even kill -9 cant kill them.. > > > > > load is starting to get higher, and higher, and then VM says not enought > > > > > memory.. and kernel crashes. > > > > > it is on p4, with 512MB ram, with 906G VG.. > > > > > > > > > > can i avoid this crash? > > > > > i mean, when one disk fell off, then how can i kill this processes, and > > > > > unmount the lvs? any idea? > > > > > > > > What version of LVM are you running and whay kernel ? > > > > > > > LVM 1.0.5 with kernel 2.4.19 > > > > This is not an LVM problem. I think your memory is just filling up > > with io destined for that vanished device. > > > and what should i do? > do you have a solution for it? You need to make sure, that your (disk) power supply is sufficient, sorry. > > and an other question: > i have a VG from 2 partition. (on 2 HDD) > if one fell off, then how can i access the data on the remaining disk? LVM2 has a partial activation feature for this case which will activate such a partially available volume group. Which filesystem or other data is still usable heavily depends on your allocation. > > NagyZ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** 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://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/