On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 10:09:17PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 09:50:49PM +0100, Paul Warren wrote: > > ./lvm vgconvert -M1 -d -v mainvg > > Metadata would overwrite physical extents > > /dev/sda2: Format-specific setup of physical volume failed. > > LVM1 needs more space for its metadata than LVM2 - this is saying > it doesn't think the LVM1 metadata will fit into the available space. Is there any way around this? Would growing the partition help? The machines in question are co-located, so whilst it may be possible to dd data off, recreate the VG and then copy it back from within an initrd, it's not my idea of good sport, I have to say :-) cheers, Paul _______________________________________________ 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/
