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Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 15:03:32 +0100
From: Patrick Caulfield <caulfield@sistina.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] RE: Problem adding pv to vg
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On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 07:01:44AM -0600, fox@theendoftime.net wrote:
> Hi;
> 
> Turns out a reboot fixed this problem.  I didn't think to run with debug,
> but if this occurs again, I will do that.

In that case it could have been the partition table update. Did you run fdisk
just before the pvcreate ?

If you get the message "device is busy" when leaving fdisk then a reboot is
usually needed to get the kernel to re-read the new partition table.

patrick