From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] undocumented strange LVM behaviour Message-ID: <20021127230241.A3406@sistina.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: ; from daniel@kellnerweg.de on Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 07:43:46PM +0100 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: Wed Nov 27 16:10:02 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 07:43:46PM +0100, Daniel Zeiss wrote: > vgcfgrestore be an option to restore my lvm? No, this looks like a strange /proc/partitions problem (LVM tries to retrieve device pathes from there and obviously fails on that). Does "cat /proc/partitions" show any strangenesses ? Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- > > > Daniel Zeiss wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > my lvm (2 partitions on 2 discs /dev/hde4 /devhdg2) on a Debian Woody > > Linux (2.4.18-686) shows some strange behaviour: > > > > After rebooting my computer, vgscan found an inactive "vg01" to be my > > volume group but vgchange -a y said: > > > > vgchange -- ERROR: can't get name(s) of physical volumes > > vgchange -- Please check, if /proc is mounted > > > > my /proc is mounted and in /proc/lvm /global is says: > > > > Total: 0 VGs 0 PVs 0 LVs (LVs open) > > Global: 152 bytes malloced IOP version 10 0:05:06 active > > > > I do _not_ use devfs, /dev is complete and working. > > > > My lvm are just my home dirs, so uncomming them in /etc/fstabs and > > rebooting brings my system up with kde now problem and root can log in > > and work (which it shouldnt do with kde, just testing). > > > > My / is on /dev/hde3, so it isnt a disc failure. > > > > the output of > > > > vgchange -a y -d > > > > is attached. > > > > What can I do to get my LVM up running _without_ dataloss? > > > > Thank you > > > > Daniel > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ *** 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 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-