On 2001-07-20 21:13:56, Allan M. Wind wrote: > > When does lvm create /dev/sdb1 (I only used /dev/sdb)? > > Still curios about this one as I did not create it and cfdisk does not > seem to recognize the partition (just reports free space). How is > this partition locatated in relation to the disc device? I get the > above error if dd if=sdb1 but I would think the sector would be > reachable via the the disc device also... perhaps there is something > wrong with the device partition? > > Does lvm use the first sector? If not, could it just be bad data that > is somehow read and therefor complained about and could be wiped? > Should I create a partition and feed that to pvcreate instead of > giving it the raw disk? Used `pvcreate /dev/sdb1` (instead of /dev/sdb) and everything works as expected. I suspect there is a bug with the combination of linux 2.4.6 (devfsd) and lvm 0.9.1beta7 causing a non-functional partition to be created when you use the raw disk partition. /Allan -- Allan M. Wind email: allanwind mediaone net P.O. Box 2022 finger: awind digit-safe dyndns org (GPG/PGP) Woburn, MA 01888-0022 USA
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