From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <3AF72CCF.173748B4@gecpalau.com> Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 08:16:31 +0900 From: Glenn Shannon MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Can't pvcreate second partition... References: <20010507180815.E9153@sistina.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com I have....my system has some sort of leftover 4.2BSD partitioning ghost (I removed all partitions before I installed linux) that remains from my days with OpenBSD. As a result fdisk does not work, in fact it segfaults. And using anything else, I have to reboot before I can make use of the partitions. Wierdness. Glenn AJ Lewis wrote: > On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 04:13:38PM -0600, Diehl, Jeffrey wrote: > > The problem with this theory is that I'm running 2.2.18, not 2.4.x. > > Doh. I guess it isn't a 2.4x only problem then. ;) Very odd. Has anyone > seen this when the LVM patches are not applied? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: AJ Lewis [mailto:lewis@sistina.com] > > > Sent: May 06, 2001 10:12 PM > > > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > > > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Can't pvcreate second partition... > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 10:36:13AM -0700, Darren Young wrote: > > > > Funny, I had the same issue at the same time. I > > > > created /dev/hdb7 with fdisk and then a pvcreate just > > > > after. pvcreate stated that the dev didn't exist. > > > > Reboot fixed the problem. This could be a problem for > > > > machines already up in production with small windows > > > > for restarts. Why is this necessary and will it become > > > > a "non-issue" in future releases? If this will be > > > > necessary forever, then some simple planning would > > > > solve the problem, at least on new installations. Any > > > > way around this? > > > > > > This appears to be an issue with fdisk and the 2.4.x series > > > Linux kernels. > > > It has nothing to do with LVM as far as i can tell. I've had > > > problems where > > > I run fdisk to change the size of a partition, but linux > > > doesn't detect the > > > change. /proc/partitions is identical before and after i > > > attempt to write > > > out the changes with fdisk. I'm not sure what has caused this. Maybe > > > someone else on the list knows? > > > > > > I'll try to verify this when i get into work tomorrow. > > > > > > Regards, > > > -- > > > AJ Lewis > > > Sistina Software Inc. Voice: 612-638-0500 > > > 1313 5th St SE, Suite 111 Fax: 612-638-0500 > > > Minneapolis, MN 55414 E-Mail: lewis@sistina.com > > > http://www.sistina.com > > > > > > Current GPG fingerprint = 3B5F 6011 5216 76A5 2F6B 52A0 941E > > > 1261 0029 2648 > > > Get my key at: http://www.sistina.com/~lewis/gpgkey > > > (Unfortunately, the PKS-type keyservers do not work with > > > multiple sub-keys) > > > > > > -----Begin Obligatory Humorous > > > Quote---------------------------------------- > > > Life's unfair - but root password helps! > > > -----End Obligatory Humorous > > > Quote------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > linux-lvm mailing list > > linux-lvm@sistina.com > > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > > -- > AJ Lewis > Sistina Software Inc. Voice: 612-638-0500 > 1313 5th St SE, Suite 111 Fax: 612-638-0500 > Minneapolis, MN 55414 E-Mail: lewis@sistina.com > http://www.sistina.com > > Current GPG fingerprint = 3B5F 6011 5216 76A5 2F6B 52A0 941E 1261 0029 2648 > Get my key at: http://www.sistina.com/~lewis/gpgkey > (Unfortunately, the PKS-type keyservers do not work with multiple sub-keys) > > -----Begin Obligatory Humorous Quote---------------------------------------- > A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks > tied to its head. > -----End Obligatory Humorous Quote------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature