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From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
To: Abhilash Nag <Abhilash.Nag@sandisk.com>
Cc: "linux-lvm@redhat.com" <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] pvcreate ignores volumes with error code:253
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:07:20 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130624190720.GA27846@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <33AB1F690A60294389CCA50E2EFEE6C22571C934@MILMBXIP02.sdcorp.global.sandisk.com>

On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 06:34:42PM +0000, Abhilash Nag wrote:
> I am trying to create LVM on my drives, but pvcreate -vvv throws up an error message saying: fails with an error message:/dev/hd*: Skipping: Unrecognised LVM device type 253.
> I am trying to debug if this is a device driver problem or if LVM does not recognize the entry of a previously unknown device.

Obtain the following:
# lvm version
# lvm dumpconfig devices
# cat /proc/devices

253 in the block section of /proc/devices points to a word that should be either
built in or appearing in the dumpconfig output.

Alasdair

      reply	other threads:[~2013-06-24 19:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-06-18 18:34 [linux-lvm] pvcreate ignores volumes with error code:253 Abhilash Nag
2013-06-24 19:07 ` Alasdair G Kergon [this message]

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