Melinda, Does pvscan show /dev/sdd2 as a Physical Volume ? If so, there's still LVM metadata on /dev/sdd2 in the first sector. In case the partition is unused (no filesystem etc.), a dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd2 bs=512 should remove the PV. On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 09:07:19AM +1000, Melinda Taylor wrote: > Hello, > > After my couple of disks died I have been left with one working volume > group vg02 and > one non-existant volume group vg01 which I would like to remove. > Since /dev/sdd2 and /dev/sde2 no longer exist I am unable to remove the > volume group with the usual method: > > /sbin/vgremove vg01 > VG data differs between PVs /dev/sdd2 and /dev/sde2 > Volume group "vg01" doesn't exist > > > Actually /dev/sdd2 does still exist as a normal formatted linux partition > so I don't want to damage that while trying to remove my volume group. > > How do I tell lvm that vg01 no longer exists? It is not in lvmtab so I > am unsure where it store this info. > > > Many Thanks, > > melinda > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
