Maybe I am getting you wrong, but your mail sounds like you've managed to run pvcreate on the Mylex device nodes and created a VG and LVs just fine. The Mylex raid device nodes are just 'disks' to be used by Linux LVM. What did I miss ? On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 09:06:17PM +0200, grobe@gmx.de wrote: > Hi! > > I know that this is a known problem, but I didn't find the > solution so far, so I have to ask here now... > > I have some machines with Mylex-controllers that are to > be used with RAID1s. As the controller supports only > 6 partitions (and fo other reasons, too) I wanted to use > LVM on this. I have created a primary /boot, a /swap and > a logical partition in an extended one that became type "LVM". > I am doing all this in SuSE 8.1's installation routine (Yast). > > I have choosed a VG, put the PV into it, and created LVs for > /, /usr, /var, /tmp, /home, however, when Yast is going to > execute the steps choosen before, I get a failure by pvcreate > (can't get device size of /dev/rd/c0d0p5). > > I know that the Mylex raidset appears in a somehow special > device in the Linux devtree, but I am quite sure it is possible > to put LVM on top of it - now I just wonder how to do this? > > Thank You, CU, Lars. > > -- > +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ > Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage! > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
