I have some additional information that hopefully someone will be familiar with and provide some assistance. The kernel I am using 2.4.18-6 was created using devfs. However, when I am trying to create a physical volume on /dev/hdb devfs is not active. My /proc/partitions is as follows: 22 0 15972 hdc 3 0 20066251 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc 3 1 313267 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 3 2 265072 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 3 3 1 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 3 5 3076416 ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 3 64 20066251 ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc is it the case that pvcreate is interpreting "disc" as a partition because it does not detect a traditional "hdb" and therefore cannot create the physical volume? is devfs required to be active for pvcreate to locate the disc according to its naming convention? On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 16:05, richard turner wrote: > i have tried that with no success. > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb bs=512 count=1 > blockdev --rereadpt /dev/hdb > > is there a patch i dont know about for devfs? or kernel 2.4.18? > > On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 15:06, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:48:31PM -0800, richard turner wrote: > > > i am trying to create a pv on an entire disk /dev/hdb with the following > > > command: > > > pvcreate -ff -y /dev/hdb > > > > > > it returns the following error: > > > pvcreate --device "/dev/hdb" has a partition table > > > > > > fdisk, sfdisk and all other methods prove there is not a partition table > > > on /dev/hdb > > > > > > using lvm 1.0.1 with mandrake8.2 kernel 2.4.18-6 > > > > > > what is causing pvcreate to think i have a partition table on /dev/hdb? > > > > The identifier at the end of the first sector. > > > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdb bs=512 count=1 > > > > should make pvcreate happy ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
