On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Greg Freemyer [09-25-09 21:32]:

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But when I try to add /dev/sda7 to lvm, I get an error:

# pvcreate /dev/sda7   Device /dev/sda7 not found (or ignored by filtering).

I have not modified /etc/lvm/lvm.conf from default, so the filter should be the default one and I assume that should allow /dev/sda7 to be used.

Does anyone know why this is failing?

No, but you might try creating the lvm with yast disk.  I had no problems when I originally created mine and I used yast as I was quite unfamiliar with lvm and the command-line actions.  Since, I use the hesitatingly  :^). -- Patrick Shanahan         Plainfield, Indiana, USA        HOG # US1244711

Interesting "yast2 partitioner" is reporting "The partitioning on /dev/sda is unreadable ... by parted. ..." Yet parted -l is having no problem. # parted -l Model: ATA ST980815A (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 80.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 21.4GB 21.4GB primary ntfs type=07 2 21.4GB 23.5GB 2147MB primary ext2 boot, type=83 3 23.5GB 80.0GB 56.5GB extended lba, type=0f 5 23.5GB 25.7GB 2147MB logical linux-swap(v1) type=82 6 25.7GB 52.5GB 26.8GB logical ext3 type=83 7 52.5GB 80.0GB 27.5GB logical lvm, type=8e So I now have two tools that are having unexpected troubles. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Head of EDD Tape Extraction and Processing team Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer Preservation and Forensic processing of Exchange Repositories White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/tng_whitepaper_fpe.html The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:11 PM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Greg Freemyer [09-25-09 21:58]:

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Interesting "yast2 partitioner" is reporting "The partitioning on /dev/sda is unreadable ... by parted.  ..."

Yet parted -l is having no problem.

# parted -l Model: ATA ST980815A (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 80.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags  1      32.3kB  21.4GB  21.4GB  primary   ntfs            type=07  2      21.4GB  23.5GB  2147MB  primary   ext2            boot, type=83  3      23.5GB  80.0GB  56.5GB  extended                  lba, type=0f  5      23.5GB  25.7GB  2147MB  logical   linux-swap(v1)  type=82  6      25.7GB  52.5GB  26.8GB  logical   ext3            type=83  7      52.5GB  80.0GB  27.5GB  logical                   lvm, type=8e

So I now have two tools that are having unexpected troubles.

well, parted does not read my lvm and fdisk -l reports it:

Disk /dev/dm-0: 536.9 GB, 536870912000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 65270 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table

how did you create the partition /dev/sda7?

I used fdisk from the cli.

and it is already "lvm" ??

I set the partition type to 8e, which is the value for lvm.

(the large size of mine is for photographs  :^)

I'm just experimenting / testing. I don't even know what I will put on the volume. I'm trying to test / hack on a project that uses lvm volumes / pvs Okay, this is crazy. I deleted sda7 via fdisk. Then I relaunched yast partitioner and it worked. This time I created 3 partitions to test with. I then went back to the command line and pvcreate worked! That makes no sense to me, but I'm not sure if this is a bug of some sort or not. Anyway, I'm moving forward with my other testing unless someone asks me to do something on this thread.

Patrick Shanahan         Plainfield, Indiana, USA        HOG # US1244711

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