On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 10:48:51AM -0600, Austin Gonyou wrote: > After compiling lvm2 tools, vgscan runs fine, but then vgchange -ay only > activates 2 of the 5 lv's. I get an error that the LV is too large for > the allocated PE. So I can investigate this, please quote the *specific* output you are seeing when you get the error. Also the version numbers e.g. type: lvm version Please maybe also retry with Beta4 released today and see whether or not the problem is still there. > I've got 2 PVs, one with 3 partitions, then the rest part of the > /dev/Data volume, and another disk I just added that I simply did > lvextend to one of the LV's I wanted to increase the size of. Please also send a copy of the relevant metadata backup/archive files under /etc/lvm - one from the backup directory (or by running vgcfgbackup) showing the current metadata, and one from the archive directory showing the metadata before you made any changes to it. [You can send these to me directly or post a URL, if you prefer not to send them to everyone on the list.] Alasdair -- agk@uk.sistina.com _______________________________________________ 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/