i could resolve the issue, thanks to all who helped :) the problem was that there is indeed a partition the the array's and the partition map was not created. i did use the gentoo live cd, but on an installed gentoo system the partition maps are not created out-of-the-box by udev either anyway, thanks again :) > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 08:09:16PM +0100, blub@trans.am wrote: >>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 :( > > reading your output again i noticed you partitioned the luns on the HDS > (hope at least you aligned the partition) > but i fail to see the partitioned multipath luns in /dev/mapper > rereading again i see a "livecd" prompt > are you by chance using systemrescuecd (gentoo based)? i tried it once and > it did not > run kpartix on /dev/mapper. > you should check your udev rules and see why kpartx is not called and > partitions are not created > > 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/
