From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Removing PV with disk errors from VG Message-Id: <20020312143404.B18690@sistina.com> References: <20020311163211.D13418@sistina.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from oolon@ankh.org on Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 04:22:56PM +0000 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: Tue Mar 12 07:35:03 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 04:22:56PM +0000, James Hawtin wrote: > > > On Mon, 11 Mar 2002, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote: > > > > > well that's a bug in 1.0.3 which will be fixed in 1.0.4. > > If you wnat to try it at your own risk, check out LVM1 CVS and > > try "pvmove -i" again. > > > > 1.0.4 will hopefully be released this week :) > > > > Regards, > > Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > > > > Hmmm, I had a problem with pv move over the weekend as well.. I was > replacing a hard disk for more space. and when I tried pvmove it worked > for 2 small partitions, but for a larger data area it failed to move > (because of a read error). Interestingly I had not got any error messages > in dmsg about bad seeks. > > Not knowing about pvmove -i I feel back to my old system for using tar in > a pipe to move data, not quick not pretty but it works ;-) > > So fortunately it looks like it was a virgin sector. > > My question is.... This pvmove bug does it make "read error" problems in > which case the disk might be ok, or does it just not handle read errors > gracefully? It displays "read errors" because the bug lead to llseek errors which where handed backup to an internal read function call. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > Yes I was using 1.0.3. > > The Disk was an 46G IBM (From the ICL (newer glass platter C**p)) so I am > willing to beleive it was a disk problem (I have space on the shelf so > it can sit with its friends) it which case I will not use the disk agian. > > I already lost 2 IBM disks from the older range and have another one > which when I have the money I will be swapping out... Agh! I hate IBM. Yup > i know I can RMA it, but whats the point if the new one might have > problems too, my data is worth more than that. > > Does make for fun at computer fairs though, > > Me: I need a new harddisk... > Them: IBM make the best ones. > (The specs are great and are dead fast) > Me: IBM disks live fast and die fast, what do you have in a non IBM > disk. > > PS anyone else know of other brands I should avoid buying? > > James > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-