[linux-lvm] [CVS LVM Mon Jan 29 16:18:57 EST 2001] Device /dev/hdc1 doesn'texist

[Luca Berra]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 08:26:22AM +1100, David Parrish wrote:
> I did patch the kernel (re Lewis), and the /dev entries are correct. However pvcreate *did* eventually work if I use 
> 
> pvcreate /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1

uhm devfs....
yess this is expected, lvm tools read /proc/partitions to find which disks are available
and /proc/partitions only contains looong device names with devfs.

use lvmdiskscan to have lvm idea of what you have.

regards,
L.

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