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From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Snapshots failing w/ kernel 2.6.4
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 12:54:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040407125404.C18295@homer.msp.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40743C87.4080805@oddbit.com>; from lars@oddbit.com on Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 01:38:15PM -0400

On Wed, Apr 07, 2004 at 01:38:15PM -0400, Lars Kellogg-Stedman wrote:
> When I try to create a snapshot of a 50g LV named 'home':
> 	# lvm lvcreate -s -L 5g -n home.snap0 /dev/vg0/home
 
> I receive the following error:
> 	device-mapper ioctl cmd 9 failed: Invalid argument

> Is this a known problem?
 
The kernel you're running does not support snapshots yet.
Snapshot support for 2.6 is currently being tested - watch the dm-devel
list to keep up with progress.

Alasdair
-- 
agk@redhat.com

  reply	other threads:[~2004-04-07 17:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-07 17:38 [linux-lvm] Snapshots failing w/ kernel 2.6.4 Lars Kellogg-Stedman
2004-04-07 17:54 ` Alasdair G Kergon [this message]
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2004-04-07 18:14 Lars Kellogg-Stedman

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