From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [10.33.1.214] (dhcp-1-214.fab.redhat.com [10.33.1.214]) by pobox.fab.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l4LFidnp013544 for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 11:44:39 -0400 Message-ID: <4651BE67.2070105@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:44:39 +0100 From: "Bryn M. Reeves" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table References: <352095.69660.qm@web38204.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <352095.69660.qm@web38204.mail.mud.yahoo.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" To: LVM general discussion and development -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sean McGlynn wrote: > Bryn, > > Thank you for taking the time to reply. > > I'm glad to see this is not an issue. > > As for "dev253," if I only have three physical devices, why four dm entries? > > Thanks again. > The "dev253" entries are the logical volumes (or other device-mapper devices), not the physical devices themselves. I see you have three PVs in the volume group (sda1, sdb2 & sdc1), but how many LVs do you have in your volume group? Just post the output of the "lvs" command if you're unsure. Kind regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGUb5n6YSQoMYUY94RAomyAKDAbKh46jVdf/rnfjPrx8deodF4tQCZAWJj aBE96ivGnSiu1/X1lNX4QIM= =Tvod -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----