Hi. Having an odd problem with lvm and/or my file system. Can anyone offer any ideas what might be wrong? Drive is set up as follows: (parted) print Disk geometry for /dev/sda: 0.000-38154.375 megabytes Disk label type: msdos Minor Start End Type Filesystem Flags 1 0.016 244.000 primary reiserfs boot 2 244.000 2197.000 primary linux-swap 3 2197.000 38154.000 extended 5 2197.016 16845.000 logical reiserfs 6 16845.016 21728.000 logical 7 21728.016 26611.000 logical 8 26611.016 31494.000 logical 9 31494.016 38154.000 logical /dev/sda3 is an extended partition, with /dev/sda5 through 9 under it. /dev/sda5 is a standard reiser partition (mounted at /), and /dev/sda6 through 9 make up a logical volume /dev/lvgroup1/lvshare (also using reiserfs) which gets mounted at /usr/local/share. All is basically going well, but recently I started to see some odd messages popping up during various lvm calls: /dev/sda3: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error This happens at boot time, when my distro does some LVM initialization, as well as when I issue lvm commands from the command line: [root@wnyc190562661 ~]# lvm pvs /dev/sda3: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/sda6 lvgroup1 lvm2 a- 4.77G 0 /dev/sda7 lvgroup1 lvm2 a- 4.77G 0 /dev/sda8 lvgroup1 lvm2 a- 4.77G 2.30G /dev/sda9 lvgroup1 lvm2 a- 6.50G 6.50G I'm a bit stumped on what the problem could be or how to go about fixing it. Since the message occurs during LVM commands (and since I don't see a similar error when the non-LVM /dev/sda5 gets mounted), I have to assume that the problem is something wrong on one of my PV partitions /dev/sda6 through 9. (Doesn't seem like there could be something wrong with /dev/sda3, since there's no real data held there.) However, when I umounted /usr/local/share and did a fsck on the logical volume, nothing showed up. I'm obviously very concerned, since input/output errors make me wonder whether my disk is in danger of dying. On the other hand, though, other than this odd error message, everything seems to be working fine. Anyone ever seen anything like this before? Is this even an LVM problem? Any ideas on how to go about addressing it? I'm really not sure what else to try at this point. TIA, DR ============================================================================== This message is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you received this message in error please delete it and notify us. If this message was misdirected, CSFB does not waive any confidentiality or privilege. CSFB retains and monitors electronic communications sent through its network. Instructions transmitted over this system are not binding on CSFB until they are confirmed by us. Message transmission is not guaranteed to be secure. ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ 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/
