Well, when I use mkfs.ext3 to create the filesystem the problem persists. If I use mke2fs -j then the problem is gone. Alex On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Alexander Lazarevich wrote: > LVM 1.0.3 on redhat linux 7.3 (2.4.18-3 kernel) on DELL PowerEdge 4600. > > I'm cutting and pasting my whole problem below, sorry for the size, but > I'll describe it here in short: > > Every time I remove a logical volume, I am then unable to create any new > filesystem within that volume group. The only way I can create another > filesystem is to blow away the VG and recreate it, then the problem is > fixed. The text below shows how I started with a good VG and 3 LV's in > that VG, then removed the LV, recreated an LV, tried to make a filesystem > on it and got an error. In fact I can't make any filesystem on the VG > anymore. > > Any ideas? I'm doing it per the man pages, and the LVM manual I downloaded > from sistina. > > I hope I can get this working, because if this is some bug, then there is > no way we can rely on it. But I must be doing something wrong, there is no > way something this bad could be a bug. > > Thanks in advance, > > Alex > > > > [root@discord root]# vgdisplay -v > --- Volume group --- > VG Name homevg > VG Access read/write > VG Status available/resizable > VG # 0 > MAX LV 256 > Cur LV 3 > Open LV 3 > MAX LV Size 2 TB > Max PV 256 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 477.62 GB > PE Size 32 MB > Total PE 15284 > Alloc PE / Size 12750 / 398.44 GB > Free PE / Size 2534 / 79.19 GB > VG UUID UkPr3d-7hyp-Yb7x-bxbb-pcc3-5m1S-dxSoTE > > --- Logical volume --- > LV Name /dev/homevg/stafflv > VG Name homevg > LV Write Access read/write > LV Status available > LV # 1 > # open 1 > LV Size 195.31 GB > Current LE 6250 > Allocated LE 6250 > Allocation next free > Read ahead sectors 1024 > Block device 58:0 > > --- Logical volume --- > LV Name /dev/homevg/userslv > VG Name homevg > LV Write Access read/write > LV Status available > LV # 2 > # open 1 > LV Size 195.31 GB > Current LE 6250 > Allocated LE 6250 > Allocation next free > Read ahead sectors 1024 > Block device 58:1 > > --- Logical volume --- > LV Name /dev/homevg/publiclv > VG Name homevg > LV Write Access read/write > LV Status available > LV # 3 > # open 1 > LV Size 7.81 GB > Current LE 250 > Allocated LE 250 > Allocation next free > Read ahead sectors 1024 > Block device 58:2 > > --- Physical volumes --- > PV Name (#) /dev/sdb (1) > PV Status available / allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 15284 / 2534 > > [root@discord root]# umount /home/staff /home/users /home/public > > [root@discord root]# df -k > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda5 68262580 2151392 62643560 4% / > /dev/sda2 62217 34141 24863 58% /boot > none 1905076 0 1905076 0% /dev/shm > > [root@discord root]# lvremove /dev/homevg/stafflv > lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/homevg/stafflv"? [y/n]: y > lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "homevg" > lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/stafflv" successfully removed > > [root@discord root]# lvremove /dev/homevg/userslv > lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/homevg/userslv"? [y/n]: y > lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "homevg" > lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/userslv" successfully removed > > [root@discord root]# lvremove /dev/homevg/publiclv > lvremove -- do you really want to remove "/dev/homevg/publiclv"? [y/n]: y > lvremove -- doing automatic backup of volume group "homevg" > lvremove -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/publiclv" successfully removed > > [root@discord root]# vgdisplay -v > --- Volume group --- > VG Name homevg > VG Access read/write > VG Status available/resizable > VG # 0 > MAX LV 256 > Cur LV 0 > Open LV 0 > MAX LV Size 2 TB > Max PV 256 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 477.62 GB > PE Size 32 MB > Total PE 15284 > Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 > Free PE / Size 15284 / 477.62 GB > VG UUID UkPr3d-7hyp-Yb7x-bxbb-pcc3-5m1S-dxSoTE > > --- No logical volumes defined in "homevg" --- > > --- Physical volumes --- > PV Name (#) /dev/sdb (1) > PV Status available / allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 15284 / 15284 > > [root@discord root]# vgchange -an > vgchange -- volume group "homevg" successfully deactivated > > [root@discord root]# vgchange -ay > vgchange -- volume group "homevg" successfully activated > > [root@discord root]# lvcreate -L75000 -nstafflv homevg > lvcreate -- rounding size up to physical extent boundary > lvcreate -- doing automatic backup of "homevg" > lvcreate -- logical volume "/dev/homevg/stafflv" successfully created > > [root@discord root]# vgdisplay -v > --- Volume group --- > VG Name homevg > VG Access read/write > VG Status available/resizable > VG # 0 > MAX LV 256 > Cur LV 1 > Open LV 0 > MAX LV Size 2 TB > Max PV 256 > Cur PV 1 > Act PV 1 > VG Size 477.62 GB > PE Size 32 MB > Total PE 15284 > Alloc PE / Size 2344 / 73.25 GB > Free PE / Size 12940 / 404.38 GB > VG UUID UkPr3d-7hyp-Yb7x-bxbb-pcc3-5m1S-dxSoTE > > --- Logical volume --- > LV Name /dev/homevg/stafflv > VG Name homevg > LV Write Access read/write > LV Status available > LV # 1 > # open 0 > LV Size 73.25 GB > Current LE 2344 > Allocated LE 2344 > Allocation next free > Read ahead sectors 1024 > Block device 58:0 > > --- Physical volumes --- > PV Name (#) /dev/sdb (1) > PV Status available / allocatable > Total PE / Free PE 15284 / 12940 > > [root@discord root]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/homevg/stafflv /home/staff > mke2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) > mkfs.ext3: bad blocks count - /home/staff > > > ACK!!! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
