I found out the problem, I believe. pvcreate was not able to handle the physical volume size (1.1 Tb --Promise Technology Raid5 BOX =7x200Gb ATA drives), thus the weird ERROR --"Success" message. I chunked up the RAID5 array into 2 partitions, 500Gb and 600Gb each, and pvcreate worked like a charm. When i delete the partitions and remake one large partition (sdb1 alone) of [First cylinder (1-145891, default 1):] 1.1Tb, it can't handle! Should this be sent to the lvm-bugs group? Not sure about rules in this mailing list, this was my first post. _Thanks Richard Mollel --- Tru64 User <tru64user@yahoo.com> wrote: > Firsttimer, trying to take advantage of LVM on > Linux. > I have used it on AIX, so i have the concept. > > I have a RAID Array (1.1Tb) SCSI-ATA drive (sdb) > that > i was trying to create a volume out of (pvcreate). > > However, it gives me an ERROR "Success" message. > I initially had it formatted with with reiserfs, but > then wiped it clean, and erased partition table as > described in howtos (dd /dev/zero....). Debug also > posted below. > Any leads to get this working? > Exact error below. Thnks in advance. > > ****************** > chinook@/home/moll# pvcreate /dev/sdb > Password: > pvcreate -- ERROR "Success" getting size of physical > volume "/dev/sdb" > > > pvcreate [-d|--debug] [-f[f]|--force [--force]] > [-h|--help] [-y|--yes] > [-v|--verbose] [--version] PhysicalVolume > [PhysicalVolume...] > > chinook@/home/moll$ > > **********BEGIN_Debug***************** > > Script started on Wed Dec 11 15:17:09 2002 > cerebus@/home/mollel$ s pvcreate --debug /dev/sdb > <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- CALLED > <22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED > <22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING > <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- AFTER ioctl ret: 0 > <1> lvm_get_iop_version -- LEAVING with ret: 10 > <1> lvm_lock -- CALLED > <22> lvm_check_special -- CALLED > <22> lvm_check_special -- LEAVING > <1> lvm_lock -- LEAVING with ret: 0 > <1> pv_check_name -- CALLED with "/dev/sdb" > <22> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "/dev/sdb" > <22> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0 > <22> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <333> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <4444> lvm_get_device_type called > <4444> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 1 > <333> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with ret: > TRUE > <22> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <1> pv_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0 > <1> pv_get_size -- CALLED with /dev/sdb and > 0xbfffdfa0 > <22> lvm_dir_cache -- CALLED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/sda > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 1 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/sda1 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 1 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/sdb > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 1 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda1 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda2 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda5 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda6 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda7 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda8 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda9 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: ADDED > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- CALLED with /dev/hda9 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 0 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> lvm_add_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: NOT > ADDED > <22> lvm_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: 11 > <22> lvm_dir_cache_find -- CALLED with /dev/sdb > <333> pv_check_name -- CALLED with "/dev/sdb" > <4444> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: > "/dev/sdb" > <4444> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0 > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- CALLED > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <666666> lvm_get_device_type called > <666666> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 1 > <55555> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with > ret: > TRUE > <4444> lvm_check_dev -- LEAVING with ret: 1 > <333> pv_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0 > <333> lvm_dir_cache -- CALLED > <333> lvm_dir_cache -- LEAVING with ret: 11 > <22> lvm_dir_cache_find -- LEAVING with entry: 2 > <22> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- CALLED > <333> lvm_get_device_type called > <333> lvm_get_device_type leaving with 1 > <22> lvm_check_partitioned_dev -- LEAVING with ret: > TRUE > === message truncated === ===== __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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