Re: LVM won't create PV on raid partition

[haad <haaaad%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Hugo Silva <hugo%barafranca.com@localhost> 
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just noticed this behaviour on a 5.99.40 system:
>
> # lvm pvcreate /dev/rvnd0d
> ÂPhysical volume "/dev/rvnd0d" successfully created
> # lvm pvcreate /dev/rraid0h
>
> ÂDevice /dev/rraid0h not found (or ignored by filtering).
>
> Âh: Â96468864 Â50331648   unused   Â0   0    Â# (Cyl. Â49152 -
> 143359*)
>
>
> (Different "problem":)
> While trying to create a PV on vnd0a:
>
> Â/dev/rvnd0a: write failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Read-only file system
> Â/dev/rvnd0a not wiped: aborting
>
> but.. (fstype=4.2BSD)
> # newfs -O2 /dev/rvnd0a
>
> /dev/rvnd0a: 16.0MB (32768 sectors) block size 4096, fragment size 512
> Â Â Â Âusing 4 cylinder groups of 4.00MB, 1024 blks, 1808 inodes.
> super-block backups (for fsck_ffs -b #) at:
> 144, 8336, 16528, 24720,
>
> or fstype=unused:
> Â/dev/rvnd0a: open failed: Device not configured
> ÂCan't open /dev/rvnd0a exclusively. ÂMounted filesystem?
>
> Now I understand why it says 'device not configured' but this seems picky,
> shouldn't it say the same for the 'd' partition too, then?
>
>
> Also, according to the manpage:
> DESCRIPTION
> Â Â Â pvcreate initializes PhysicalVolume for later use by the Logical
> Volume
> Â Â Â Manager (LVM). ÂEach PhysicalVolume can Âbe Âa Âdisk Âpartition,
> Âwhole
> Â Â Â disk, meta device, or loopback file.
>
>
> The question is: Shouldn't creating a PV on raid0h (fstype=unused) work?
>

Yes it should work I will test it later today.


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Regards.

Adam