From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i6KCp9a18924 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:51:09 -0400 Received: from behqexch01.intra.tinc.be (tinc-associates-gw.xdsl.easynet.be [81.188.68.35]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i6KCp2Xn025888 for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2004 08:51:03 -0400 Message-ID: <40FD1530.7080609@pi.be> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:50:56 +0200 From: David Claessens MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] unable to create permanent physical volume on /dev/hdc References: <40FCFE72.9030106@pi.be> <20040720123127.GE2980@tykepenguin.com> In-Reply-To: <20040720123127.GE2980@tykepenguin.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: LVM general discussion and development Thanks, this is probably the case. I disconnected hdc and hdd and hooked up a dvd-rom to do the re-install which was /dev/hdc during the re-install. I will check later today when I have access to the machine. Patrick Caulfield wrote: > > > Check the config file (/etc/lvm/lvm.conf) for filters. By default /dev/cdrom is > filtered out on Debian systems and this often gets mapped to /dev/hdc. Which > would cause those symptoms. > > Simply comment out the active "filter = " line and run vgscan. > -- There is no doubt about precisely when folks began racing each other in automobiles. It was the day they built the second automobile. -- Richard Petty