[linux-lvm] Upgrade Linux 2.2 to 2.4 problems

[Dick Middleton]

  Heinz,

>this can't be the exact LVM 0.9-Beta7 error message.
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It sure is (except error is written ERROR and the message is on 2 lines 
:-) )

>Is /proc really mounted, *before* vgchange runs in /linuxrc?
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Hmm - I'm not sure how I can tell.  The mount command certainly comes first
and there are no visible error messages.  I'm just using 
lvmcreate_initrd. If the
mount command fails then it gives an error message and vgchange gives me
different error messages so I assume it's working.

>BTW: why do you use such an old kernel and LVM version?
>     Please give a recent one and LVM 1.0.5 a try.
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That's what I was trying to do (for a while)  until I discovered this 
kernel only has beta7 in it.

Curiously I had more success with 1.0.5 tools on this kernel.   

I think I'll take your advice and start again.

Many thanks for your support.

Dick

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>>vgscan appears to work ok but vgchange fails with:
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>>Error- can't get names of physical volumes - please check if /proc is 
>>mounted.
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>>Well, /proc is mounted - in fact if it isn't mounted I don't this error.
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>>What does this error message mean and what's likely to be wrong to cause it?
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