[linux-lvm] lvm 1 unable to boot

[Geoff Dolman]

On Wed, 2004-03-31 at 16:49, Patrick Caulfield wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 03:59:39PM +0100, Geoff Dolman wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > I have a machine with the following partition structure:
> > 
> > /dev/sda1 /boot (ext3)
> > /dev/sda2 swap
> > /dev/sda3 LVM
> > 
> > The LVM (1.03/rh9) contains one PV and this has Volume00 in it which
> > contains lvs for slash, usr, var, /usr/local and so on...
> > 
> > I rebooted the machine for the first time in ages (same kernel
> > configuration as the last reboot and no changes - or very few).
> > 
> > The machine won't reboot - it panics because of a message (something)
> > like:
> > 
> > vgscan found inactive "Volume00"
> > Error 28 Unable to make /etc/lvmtab.d/Volume00/Volume00.tmp
> > vg_cfgbackup.c line 273
> > 
> 
> Error 28 is ENOSPC - your initrd is too small to hold the metadata backups.

Thanks - but how do I fix this?

cheers

Geoff

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