[linux-lvm] LVM on Raid-5 woes...

[Michael Loftis]

--On January 20, 2006 12:15:56 PM +0100 Fabian Wenzel <f.wenzel at gmx.net> 
wrote:

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> Hello there!
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> Currently I am trying to set up LVM on top of RAID-5. I am using Kernel
> 2.6.12.2, device-mapper 1.01.04-r2 and lvm2 2.01.15-r1 on an NSLU2 (big
> endian ARM) with three USB hard disks connected (two via a hub).
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> My problem is that I cannot create any volume groups; even physical
> volumes cause trouble: After typing

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cat /proc/mdstat ?  what state is MD in during all of this?  sounds more 
like an MD RAID problem than a LVM problem...IE MD isn't able to operate 
reliably.  Verify the proper operation of MD first.