From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Luca Berra Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] is devfs required? Message-Id: <20020222201251.GG30259@colombina.comedia.it> References: <20020221143602.F328@majestic.ukshells.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020221143602.F328@majestic.ukshells.co.uk> Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Feb 22 14:13:02 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Linux LVM On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 02:36:02PM +0000, Vincent AE Scott wrote: > i'm using LVM on a 2.4.17-19mdk kernel patched up to 1.0.3 > it *appears* that when i boot up without devfs support, i frequently > cant create/extened/mount filesystems. but when i boot up with devfs > support it seems to work. > > is devfs required to use LVM? i am also using 2.4.17-19mdk + LVM the issue is not with the kernel portion but with the tools portion if you start using lvm with devfs you are stuck with it and vice-versa. i proposed a workaround about 13 months ago, but never actually got to code it. :( > without it, ive seen lvcreate SEGV when attempting to create a new > volume. which version of the tools are u using? if it is current can you provide a debug output? if you want to build an rpm for recent tools fetch spec and patch from http://www.comedia.it/bluca/lvm and adapt it to 1.0.3 (will upgrade the site soon) the mkinitrd stuff does not work with 2.4.17-19mdk and xfs > or are there any known problems with using LVM on an SMP host? i cant > think of anything else that might be causing these strange problems. no known issues. L. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Communication Media & Services S.r.l. /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \