On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 02:32:06PM +0200, lvm@perkamentus.com wrote: > > Why does the partition need to be created on that disk for LVM to work > (and not on the other two)? Is this a problem with LVM2, the 2.6 > kernel? Or could it be hardware not functioning as it should, > e.g. disk or controller? > > I would like to know why the creation of a partition is necessary. Has > anyone experienced the same problem/behaviour with LVM? If so, is > there a solution so no partition is needed? > Check that you don't have a symlink from /dev/hdb to /dev/cdrom. The debian lvm.conf file excludes /dev/cdrom from LVM searches. -- patrick _______________________________________________ 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/