From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 15:13:43 +0100 From: "Stephan Hendl" Subject: [linux-lvm] LVM and Compaq Smart Array Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-linux-lvm Errors-To: owner-linux-lvm List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@msede.com Hi all, I tried to set up LVM 0.7 on a Compaq Pro Liant 3000 Server with 2 CPUs = and a Smart Array Controller 4200 that include 3 9.1 GB SCSI Disks. The = patch and the new kernel gave no errors, but I can't create a physical = volume. Here are the outputs of fdisk and pvcreate: sgate:/dev/ida # fdisk -lu Disk /dev/ida/c0d0: 255 heads, 32 sectors, 4355 cylinders Units =3D sectors of 1 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/ida/c0d0p1 * 73440 1101599 514080 83 Linux /dev/ida/c0d0p2 1101600 2154239 526320 82 Linux swap /dev/ida/c0d0p3 32 73439 36704 12 Compaq diagnostics /dev/ida/c0d0p4 2154240 35536799 16691280 fe LANstep sgate:/dev/ida # pvcreate -v /dev/ida/c0d0p4 pvcreate -- locking logical volume manager pvcreate -- checking physical volume name "/dev/ida/c0d0p4" pvcreate -- invalid physical volume name "/dev/ida/c0d0p4" pvcreate -- unlocking logical volume manager Does anybody have a Solution. Could it be that the partition is too = big?=20 Thanks=20 Stephan -- LDS Brandenburg Dr. Stephan Hendl fon: +49-(0)331-39 471 fax: +49-(0)331-27548 1187 EMail: stephan.hendl@lds.brandenburg.de