From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j3CKBOO07294 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:11:24 -0400 Received: from percy.comedia.it (percy.comedia.it [212.97.59.71]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j3CKBI4d030765 for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:11:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:11:16 +0200 From: Luca Berra Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] invalid physical volume Message-ID: <20050412201116.GD8673@percy.comedia.it> References: <425B37D8.7060801@cjs226.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <425B37D8.7060801@cjs226.com> Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@redhat.com On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 09:52:08PM -0500, Clif Smith wrote: >I'm running lvm-1.0.8-9 on RHES3 and am receiving the following when I >try to utilize a volume from an EMC array: ># pvcreate /dev/emcpowera >pvcreate -- invalid physical volume "/dev/emcpowera" > >The OS sees the volume fine: ># fdisk -l /dev/emcpowera >Disk /dev/emcpowera: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > >I can create a partition and then a filesystem without issue, but I >really need to use it within LVM. > >Any ideas? > either ditch powerpath or modify the lvm1 source code to understand it, second is not difficult, just look at the places where dac960 or ciss support was implemented. L. -- Luca Berra -- bluca@comedia.it Communication Media & Services S.r.l. /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL / \