even though devfs is compiled in the kernel it actually is not mounted at this time. i have tried it using devfs long names also with no success. On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 13:43, Luca Berra wrote: > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 12:21:45PM -0700, Rich Turner wrote: > >i am able to confirm that /proc/partitions does not have a partition > >entry for the disk but pvcreate still fails. i am using a devfs kernel > >so i thought there might be some strange behavior between lvm and devfs. > >is there a fix or known issues regarding lvm and devfs? > > > if you have devfs you should use the devfs long mane to reference your pv > eg: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > as to why the error message is misleading i would not say, lvm1 tools are > very buggy wrt the handling of device names. > > L. > > -- > Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it > Communication Media & Services S.r.l. > /"\ > \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN > X AGAINST HTML MAIL > / \ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ -- Rich Turner Storix Software (619)702-6500 phone (619)702-6501 fax http://www.storix.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/
