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 (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1D94TwU005463 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:04:29 -0500 Received: from ag-out-0708.google.com (ag-out-0708.google.com [72.14.246.241]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m1D943df029093 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:04:03 -0500 Received: by ag-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id 31so13852215agc.3 for ; Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:04:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:34:02 +0530 From: "=?UTF-8?Q?Yajith_Ajantha_Dayarath?= =?UTF-8?Q?na_|_=E0=B6=BA=E0=B6=A2=E0=B7=92=E0=B6=AD=E0=B7=8A_=E0=B6=85?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=B6=A2=E0=B6=B1=E0=B7=8A=E0=B6=AD_=E0=B6=AF?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=B6=BA=E0=B7=8F=E0=B6=BB=E0=B6=AD=E0=B7=8A=E0=B6=B1?=" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] pvcreate problem In-Reply-To: <47B2AC45.6030901@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_21479_11582493.1202893442287" References: <47B2AC45.6030901@redhat.com> 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: To: LVM general discussion and development ------=_Part_21479_11582493.1202893442287 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Feb 13, 2008 2:07 PM, Mark Huth wrote: > Yajith Ajantha Dayarathna | ????? ????? ??????? wrote: > > Hi all, > > Forgive me if this is the wrong list to ask this question. > > I'm quite new to LVM(-and to this list) and one of my friends brought > > this question up to me.. > > > > There is an error coming up when they try to "pvcreate" > > > > Below is the "fdisk -l" output. > > > > [root@lwlsvr bin]# fdisk -l > > > > > > Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 145.6 GB, 145667358720 bytes > > 255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 34866 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 25 101984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 26 7554 30718320 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 7555 8068 2097120 82 Linux swap > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p4 8069 34866 109335840 5 Extended > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 8069 10578 10240784 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 10579 10587 36704 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p7 10588 10596 36704 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p8 10597 10725 526304 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p9 10726 10988 1073024 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p10 10989 11251 1073024 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p11 11252 11776 2141984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p12 11777 12301 2141984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p13 12302 12826 2141984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p14 12827 13351 2141984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p15 13352 13876 2141984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p16 13877 34866 85639184 8e Linux LVM > > > > When a pvcreate is attempted on "/dev/cciss/c0d0p16" it produces the > > below output. > > > > [root@lwlsvr informix]# pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d0p16 > > pvcreate -- can't open physical volume "/dev/cciss/c0d0p16" to get its > > size > > > AFAIK, the major/minor numbering scheme for block devices limits you to > 15 partitions per device. > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > thanks for the quick reply.. is it possible to create more than 15 partitions from fdisk, while major/minor numbering scheme limitation is there ? could you point me to someplace i can read more about on this? thanks again -- Yajith Ajantha ------=_Part_21479_11582493.1202893442287 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Feb 13, 2008 2:07 PM, Mark Huth <mhuth@redhat.com> wrote:
Yajith Ajantha Dayarathna | ????? ????? ??????? wrote:
> Hi all,
> Forgive me if this is the wrong list to ask this question.
> I'm quite new to LVM(-and to this list) and one of my friends brought
> this question up to me..
>
> There is an error coming up when they try to "pvcreate"
>
> Below is the "fdisk -l" output.
>
> [root@lwlsvr bin]# fdisk -l
>
>
> Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 145.6 GB, 145667358720 bytes
> 255 heads, 32 sectors/track, 34866 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 8160 * 512 = 4177920 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 1 25 101984 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p2 26 7554 30718320 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 7555 8068 2097120 82 Linux swap
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p4 8069 34866 109335840 5 Extended
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 8069 10578 10240784 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 10579 10587 36704 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p7 10588 10596 36704 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p8 10597 10725 526304 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p9 10726 10988 1073024 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p10 10989 11251 1073024 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p11 11252 11776 2141984 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p12 11777 12301 2141984 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p13 12302 12826 2141984 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p14 12827 13351 2141984 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p15 13352 13876 2141984 83 Linux
> /dev/cciss/c0d0p16 13877 34866 85639184 8e Linux LVM
>
> When a pvcreate is attempted on "/dev/cciss/c0d0p16" it produces the
> below output.
>
> [root@lwlsvr informix]# pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d0p16
> pvcreate -- can't open physical volume "/dev/cciss/c0d0p16" to get its
> size
>
AFAIK, the major/minor numbering scheme for block devices limits you to
15 partitions per device.

Mark

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thanks for the quick reply..
is it possible to create more than 15 partitions from fdisk, while major/minor numbering scheme limitation is there ?
could you point me to someplace i can read more about on this?

thanks again
--
Yajith Ajantha ------=_Part_21479_11582493.1202893442287--