On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 06:27:35AM +0100, Spam wrote: > > The sollution to the problem was simple. The lvm tools are hardcoded > (from lvm_dir_cache.c) to only look for specific directories when > scaning for lvm disks. For network block devices lvm looks only in > /dev/nb/*, while my Gentoo kernel created /dev/nbd/*. > > A simple fix was to make a link /dev/nb->/dev/nbd and it worked. I > did not find anything about this in the howto or man-pages. In LVM2 we don't have hard-coded device namespace like this any more. You can set up filters in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf, run vgscan and devices conforming to your filters are used/excluded. Want to give LVM2 a try ? ;) (It is LVM1 metadata compatible) > > //Anders > > > Hello, > > > How can I make lvm to recognize my network block devices? They are > > listed in /dev/nbd/* and I can access them fine with fdisk or dd. > > > But when I try pvdisplay /dev/nbd/0 I get the following error: > > > pvdisplay - ERROR "pv_read(): pv_create_name_from_kdev_t" no VALID > > physical volume "/dev/nbd/0" > > > I get no errors in the logs either so I am not sure where to start. > > > From what I see lvmdiskscan etc looks in /proc/partitions and never > > scans /dev/ for valid blockdevices? > > > Thanks for any input, > > Anders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
