>Please run "vgscan -ay" as this command will activate >all the VGs and hence the LVs in your system. The correct sequence of commands is: vgscan vgchange -a y >> I used LVM come with Redhat9 on my desktop computer. Recent days I >>want to upgrade my kernel to 2.6.0-test11 which needs LVM2 to work with >>the device-mapper. To be more up to date, I also recreated the lvs to >>use lvm2 metadata. But when I rebooted the computer, new created lv >>can't mount. It said it's not a valid block device. So I check the >>status with "lvm lvscan", it showed that these lv turned to be inactive. >> So I removed and recreated these lv. Right after creation, these lvs >>were ACTIVE and mountable, but after reboot, they became inactive and >>unusable again. Does anyone have clue? Sincerely, Ken Fuchs <kfuchs@winternet.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/