[linux-lvm] Problem with 2.5.x DM + LVM1 metadata

Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw at lug-owl.de
Thu Jun 12 07:56:01 UTC 2003


Hi!

I'm running a machine since quite some time with DM-patches 2.4.x and
LVM1 metadata PVs/VGs/LVs. It's a Debian box with lvm2-1.95.15 intalled.

Today, I tried to boot this machine with 2.5.70-bk16. Everything went
well (most of my machines run 2.5.x since some time, so I'm used to the
gotchas like modutils<-> module-init-tools etc.), but the 2.5.x DM seems
so cause problems. During "vgchange -a y" (called by init scripts), one
of my LVs cannot be activated. Here's the transcript of "/etc/init.d/lvm2
start" (which basically only consists of the vgchange call):
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Initializing LVM:   /dev/hdc2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda5: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda6: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda7: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda8: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda9: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda10: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda11: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda12: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda13: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda14: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda5: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda6: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda7: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda8: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda9: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda10: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda11: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda12: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda13: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda14: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda5: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda6: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda7: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda8: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda9: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda10: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda11: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda12: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda13: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda14: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda5: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda6: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda7: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda8: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda9: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda10: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda11: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda12: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda13: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda14: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd20: open failed: No such device or address
  device-mapper ioctl cmd 2 failed: No such device or address
  Couldn't load device 'storage_vg-public_storage_lv'.
  /dev/hdc2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda5: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda6: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda7: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda8: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda9: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda10: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda11: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda12: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda13: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda14: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hda20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdc20: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd2: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd3: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd4: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd15: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd16: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd17: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd18: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd19: open failed: No such device or address
  /dev/hdd20: open failed: No such device or address
  0 logical volume(s) in volume group "nfsroot_vg" now active
  1 logical volume(s) in volume group "storage_vg" now active
lvm2.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

storage_vg should contain 2 LVs, nfsroot_vg currently doesn't hold any
LVs. Any hints on this? Or more infos?

MfG, JBG

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