Hi I have a machine with the following partition structure: /dev/sda1 /boot (ext3) /dev/sda2 swap /dev/sda3 LVM The LVM (1.03/rh9) contains one PV and this has Volume00 in it which contains lvs for slash, usr, var, /usr/local and so on... I rebooted the machine for the first time in ages (same kernel configuration as the last reboot and no changes - or very few). The machine won't reboot - it panics because of a message (something) like: vgscan found inactive "Volume00" Error 28 Unable to make /etc/lvmtab.d/Volume00/Volume00.tmp vg_cfgbackup.c line 273 It then gives an error about pivot_root panic with the error unable to mount /dev/Volume00/slash mount error 2 (the same sort of error as if fstab was wrong but it isn't) Here's what I've tried to fix this: - boot into rescue mode: lvscan shows all lvs no problem checked pvscan, vgscan, lvscan - no problems fscked slash - okay checked configuration files, fstab, etc. tried a reboot - another panic - rescue mode again delete /etc/lvmtab and /etc/lvmtab.d reboot - panic - rescue: reinstall lvm rpm and kernel panic - make a new initrd.img panic ...plus lots of other things that were probably irrelevant. The machine *still* panics when booted normally but works fine in rescue mode, with a chrooted slash. Any ideas? Thanks Geoff Dolman -- JDRF/WT Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory Cambridge Institute for Medical Research University of Cambridge http://www-gene.cimr.cam.ac.uk/todd/ _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
