Re: [opensuse-factory] confused by lvm / pvcreate in milestone 7

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