Hello list, I'm playing with LVM, and, well i'm stuck. I have tried any number of configurations; using fdasd to partition dasdc, using freshly dasdfmt'ed dasdc, and on all attempts pvcreate fails. I can partition this drive and mount it. Normal read/writes work, so i guess the VM end of things is OK. Has anyone done this? Does anyone know what i've done wrong? Does anyone know if this can be done? TIA .karl kschlitt at uneb.edu ------ # uname -a Linux lnx0035 2.4.9-17 #1 SMP Fri Nov 23 19:45:36 CET 2001 s390 unknown +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= # /sbin/insmod /lib/modules/2.4.9-17custom/kernel/drivers/md/lvm-mod.o Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.9-17custom/kernel/drivers/md/lvm-mod.o will taint the kernel: no license Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.9-17custom/kernel/drivers/md/lvm-mod.o will taint the kernel: forced load Warning: kernel-module version mismatch /lib/modules/2.4.9-17custom/kernel/drivers/md/lvm-mod.o was compiled for kernel version 2.4.9-17custom while this kernel is version 2.4.9-17 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= from /var/log/messages: Jul 5 13:58:18 lnx0035 kernel: LVM version LVM 0.9.1_beta7(ish) by Heinz Mauelshagen (20 June 2001) Jul 5 13:58:18 lnx0035 kernel: lvm -- Module successfully initialized +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= # /sbin/pvcreate --version pvcreate: Logical Volume Manager 1.1-rc2 Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software 23/04/2002 (IOP 10) +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= # strace /sbin/create /dev/dasdc execve("/sbin/pvcreate", ["/sbin/pvcreate", "/dev/dasdc"], [/* 28 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="lnx0035.uneb.edu", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x47f9c4 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=38435, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 38435, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40018000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\2\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\26\0\0\0\1\0\2\24"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=5234118, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 1281924, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40022000 mprotect(0x40152000, 36740, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40152000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x12f000) = 0x40152000 old_mmap(0x40158000, 12164, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40158000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40018000, 38435) = 0 brk(0) = 0x47f9c4 brk(0x47f9e4) = 0x47f9e4 brk(0x480000) = 0x480000 open(umovestr: Input/output error 0, O_RDONLY) = -1 EFAULT (Bad address) open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) stat64("/dev/lvm", {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0640, st_rdev=makedev(109, 0), ...}) = 0 open("/dev/lvm", O_RDONLY) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied) write(2, "pvcreate -- LVM driver/module no"..., 43pvcreate -- LVM driver/module not loaded? ) = 43 _exit(0) = ? +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= # ls -l /dev/lvm crw-r----- 1 root root 109, 0 Jul 5 15:23 /dev/lvm