David, try vgscan then which should bring your device node back. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:48:05AM -0500, David Corbin wrote: > > > > > >This all looks ok. > > > >Doesn't "vgchange -a y" bring your VG back ? > >If not so, try "vgscan ; vgchange -ay". > > > > > piano:/home/dcorbin# vgchange -ay > vgchange -- volume group "vg0" already active > > So, it appears that the VG IS there. > ---- > piano:/home/dcorbin# mount -t reiserfs /dev/vg0/data /data > mount: special device /dev/vg0/data does not exist > > /dev/vg0/data is the device I used to use to mount it, and the error > message is correct if I look at my filesystem (it doesn't exist). > ---- > piano:/home/dcorbin# mount -t reiserfs /dev/vg0/group /data > mount: /dev/vg0/group is not a block device > > I tried this command because /dev/vg0/group is the only device in /dev/vg0 > ---- > Here are some other commands that I tried that may or may not tell you > something... > > piano:/home/dcorbin# > lvscan > lvscan -- no logical volumes found > piano:/home/dcorbin# ls -ltar /dev/vg0 > total 28 > crw-r----- 1 root disk 109, 0 Feb 24 06:53 group > drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 24576 Feb 24 06:53 .. > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 24 06:53 . > > >Regards, > >Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ *** 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/