[linux-lvm] pv_move_pe() error again :/

[FEJF]

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Ragnar Kjørstad, on Donnerstag, 6. September 2001 22:05 wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 05:28:04PM +0200, FEJF wrote:
> > hi,
> > i search through the mailing list and found this question few times...
> > and i have also this problem atm and i didn't find a solution, i want to
> > ask if there is one now ? or perhaps will installing of lvm1.0.1-rc2 help
> > (currently using 0.9.1_beta7) ?
> >
> > root at bolm:[/x] # pvmove /dev/hdh1
> > pvmove -- moving physical extents in active volume group "vg01"
> > pvmove -- WARNING: if you lose power during the move you may need to
> > restore your LVM metadata from backup!
> > pvmove -- do you want to continue? [y/n] y
> > pvmove -- ERROR reading input physical volume "/dev/hdh1" (still 65536
> > bytes to read)
> >
> > pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" pv_move_pe
> >
> > pvmove -- ERROR "pv_move_pe(): read input PV" moving physical extents
>
> This could be because of a disk-error. Do you have io-errors in
> /var/log/messages?

there are no io-errors... but as the hd makes really scary noise when pvmove 
tries to move the remaining bytes. so i think the hd is damaged.
but all i want is to remove the damaged hd.
but pvreduce says i have to use pvmove to get rid of the remaining data and 
pvmove gives the errors...
so i can't remove it :/ - is there a way to get rid of the hd without 
destroying the rest of the data ? sth. like pvreduce --force ?

> If so, you will have to modify pvmove to not give up after read-errors.

how can i do this ? i'm not a coder but if someone has too much time... ;)

> Maybe a '--ignore-read-errors' option should be added?

if there's no other way to get rid of the damaged hd... that would be also a 
way to solve my problem.
btw: could there be a problem with using reiserfs on the lvm ?
 
mfg, Florian E.J. Fruth

ps: at the moment i try a "dd if=/dev/hdh1 of=/dev/null" to see if it also 
complains about errors...

- -- 
Backups are usefull. Most often when you don't have one ;)
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