hello thanks for trying to help :) I've changed the filter and preferred_names variables to preferred_names="^/dev/mapper/" filter=["a|/dev/mapper/.*|", "r/.*/"] without luck :( new pvscan output: http://pastebin.com/5PysR0rD > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 05:40:20PM +0100, blub@trans.am wrote: >>hello >> >>I have troubles to get multipathing working on gentoo. I have an >> identical >>setup working on a debian box. >>The problem is that LVM does not detect labels on the multipath device >>node; instead it does try to use a physical path (eg /dev/sda1) >> >>the device nodes /dev/dm-X are not automaticaly created like they get on >>debian, I did run dmsetup mknodes which did not create /dev/dm-X nodes, >> so >>i created /dev/dm-0 with the minor/major of the corresponding >> /dev/mapper/ >>node. I don't know if this is a problem. >> >>anyway, I've pasted alot of output to http://pastebin.com/wheL4nyE >> > change the preferred_names in /etc/lvm.conf to reference /dev/mapper > entries before /dev/sd > > eg: > preferred_names = [ "^/dev/mapper/" ] > > L. > > > -- > Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it > Communication Media & Services S.r.l. > /"\ > \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN > X AGAINST HTML MAIL > / \ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
