From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id i37HcLj13986 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:38:21 -0400 Received: from smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.60]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id i37HcJWB016780 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:38:19 -0400 Received: from 209-6-22-202.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.22.202] helo=oddbit.com) by smtp01.mrf.mail.rcn.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #7) id 1BBH0F-0007NC-00 for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Wed, 07 Apr 2004 13:38:19 -0400 Message-ID: <40743C87.4080805@oddbit.com> Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 13:38:15 -0400 From: Lars Kellogg-Stedman MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [linux-lvm] Snapshots failing w/ kernel 2.6.4 Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Howdy all, I'm running Fedora Core 2 test 1 + updates, which means: kernel-2.6.4-1.305 lvm2-2.00.08-5 device-mapper-1.00.07-3.1 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 Couldn't load device 'vg0-home.snap0'. Problem reactivating origin home This also results in some bogus entries in both the list of LVs and the device-mapper. Manually removing the dm entry (dmsetup remove ...) and then removing the LV seems to work. Is this a known problem? Thanks, -- Lars