[linux-lvm] vgcreate problem

[linux-lvm] vgcreate problem

[Qv6]

	
Hi,

I just created 2 PVs with the following commands:

pvcreate /dev/hda6

pvcreate /dev/hdb

When I ran vgcreate, I got this error:

vgcreate gentis /dev/hda6 /dev/hdb

vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line

Any help to resolve this error will be appreciated.

Qv6

Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate problem

[Luca Berra]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 01:22:09AM -0400, Qv6 wrote:
>vgcreate gentis /dev/hda6 /dev/hdb
>
>vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
>
>Any help to resolve this error will be appreciated.
you are using lvm 1 with a kernel compiled with devfs
you have to use the long devfs names, check /proc/partitions

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L.

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Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate problem

[Qv6]

On Tuesday 23 September 2003 02:40 am, Luca Berra wrote:
 
>
> you are using lvm 1 with a kernel compiled with devfs
> you have to use the long devfs names, check /proc/partitions
>
 

Thanks for the tip.
Tried this:

vgcreate genis /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6

vgcreate genis /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc

and got the same error message (vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in 
command line)

Any clues as to what is going on here?

Qv6

Re: [linux-lvm] vgcreate problem

[Tupshin Harper]

Qv6 wrote:

>	
>Hi,
>
>I just created 2 PVs with the following commands:
>
>pvcreate /dev/hda6
>
>pvcreate /dev/hdb
>
>When I ran vgcreate, I got this error:
>
>vgcreate gentis /dev/hda6 /dev/hdb
>
>vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line
>
>Any help to resolve this error will be appreciated.
>
>Qv6
>  
>
You might get this if /dev/hda6 and /dev/hdb are symlinks (for example, 
if you are using devfs).
Do an ls -l on those and see if they actually point to something like 
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc.

If they are symlinks, calling vgcreate with the full, real path to those 
volumes would work. If that's not it, I'm stumped.

-Tupshin