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 (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4I90ZeS024728 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 05:00:35 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.tcd.ie (relay.cs.tcd.ie [134.226.32.56]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k4I90X5T002923 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 05:00:33 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by relay.cs.tcd.ie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14CAC3C4B for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:00:33 +0100 (IST) Received: from smtp.cs.tcd.ie ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.tcd.ie [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02396-05 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:00:32 +0100 (IST) Received: from [134.226.53.245] (frascati.cs.tcd.ie [134.226.53.245]) by smtp.cs.tcd.ie (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D45D3C26 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:00:28 +0100 (IST) Message-ID: <446C37AB.104@cs.tcd.ie> Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:00:27 +0100 From: Stephen Childs MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Problem with creation of dev entries on SL (RHEL) 4 References: <446B0DE9.6010004@cs.tcd.ie> <20060517184232.GC16774@percy.comedia.it> In-Reply-To: <20060517184232.GC16774@percy.comedia.it> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: Stephen.Childs@cs.tcd.ie, 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 Here's some snippets from the log: activate/fs.c:176 Linking /dev/xenvg/gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249 -> /dev/mapper/xenvg-gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249 toollib.c:1087 Zeroing start of logical volume "gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249" device/dev-cache.c:228 /dev/xenvg/gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249: Added to device cache device/dev-io.c:425 Opened /dev/xenvg/gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249 RW O_DIRECT device/dev-io.c:584 Wiping /dev/xenvg/gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249 at sector 0 length 8 sectors device/dev-io.c:134 /dev/xenvg/gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249: block size is 4096 bytes device/dev-io.c:456 Closed /dev/xenvg/gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249 metadata/metadata.c:1164 Found volume group "xenvg" activate/dev_manager.c:1048 Getting device info for xenvg-gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249 ioctl/libdm-iface.c:1326 dm info IgMc4AcnOILtiudkjAXpuErUegVxunX66lb1awfZBR5rYYzIF64ogYnf98AcKHS0 O mm/memlock.c:119 Unlocking memory mm/memlock.c:138 memlock_count dec to 0 activate/fs.c:211 Removing link /dev/xenvg/gridmon_gridmon023__1147860249 The volume appears briefly in the /dev/mapper directory and then disappears again! How is this meant to work? Stephen --