[linux-lvm] multiple snapshots

Imre Gergely imre.gergely at astral.ro
Tue Aug 16 06:37:53 UTC 2005


mmm, i forgot:

[root at fc2 root]# uname -r
2.6.12.5

lvm> version
  LVM version:     2.01.13-cvs (2005-06-14)
  Library version: 1.01.01 (2005-03-29)
  Driver version:  4.4.0


Imre Gergely wrote:
> hi
> 
> i tried to create 2 snapshots of a LV, and i got in trouble ;) with one
> snapshot there are apparently no problems, with two the kernel gives me
> random oops-es and hangs. first, i tried with the root LV, then i tried
> with a simple partition, the result were the same. i created the two
> snapshots, after that i did a vgdisplay, there was everything alright, i
> mounted the origin LV, i copied some files, i watched the percentage
> increasing on the snapshots, then i did a 'ls -la' on the mounted
> directory and then the kernel said bye-bye... i don't see any kernel
> panic, just the usual register and memory dump, and the hang.
> 
> any ideas? don't tell me i cannot have more than one snapshot on one
> given LV.
> 
> thx.
> 
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