[linux-lvm] Kernel PANIC after partition change on RedHat 8.0

Yuliy Minchev yuliy at mobiltel.bg
Sun Jan 19 00:24:02 UTC 2003


On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Steven Lembark wrote:

> 
> > I have installed Red Hat Linux 8.0. I've made volume group (rootvg)
> > from /dev/md1 (which is raid1). I've put my /boot on /dev/md0.
> >
> > As you already have noticed - I have two disks.
> > After installation I'm making new partiotion /dev/sdb5 i.e.
> > And if I change its to type to 8e after reboot kernel panics.
> > If I change type of this partition to something different - the system
> > boots fine.
> >
> > I cannot understand where can be the problem.
> > I have to say that I made the same configuration on this machine and
> > everything was ok. But now I cannot see any difference.
> 
> sdb5 => sub-partition. Are you accidentally carving out
> a piece of an existing PV? For example, if you had partitioned
> the disk into /dev/sdb[1234] when it was built with sdb4 taking
> up most of the device as 8e (i.e., for LVM), then adding sdb5
> w/in the area of sdb4 would certianly break things -- and scramble
> your LV's during pvcreate on the new partition.

I have

/dev/sdb1 /boot (member of md0,raid1)
/dev/sdb1 member of md1, raid1, on md1 is my volume group
/dev/sdb3 fat32
/dev/sbd4 extend partion
/dev/sdb5 is defined as 8e within sdb4

Sorry, but I did not understand your point :(

yuliy

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