<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2>Hello all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2> When I copy device driver files files via NFS to a LVM volume they are "interpreted" instead of copied. The</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2>result is that when the copy hits the sda driver it starts copying the entire contents of /dev/sda drive! Instead</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2>fo the /dev/sda file itself. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2> The file that it's trying to copy is from Tom's Rescue CD kit. The dev files are sources files for creating a</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2>bootable rescue CD. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2> My configuration is: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2> debian linux 3.0, Kernel v2.4.17 Using ReiserFS 3.6.x (I also tried using the EXT2 fs with identical results)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2>The SOURCE dir is about 5GB in size. I'm trying to copy that to a 50GB LVM volume via the network</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2>(NFS) . However </FONT><FONT face=Courier size=2>it consumes the whole 50GB. If I remove the offending directories it returns to the proper size.</FONT></DIV> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2> Suggestions?</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2> Regards,</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2> Don Williams</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2> Storage Computer Corporation</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2> (603)880-3005 x115</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2> The output of the copy looks like this:</FONT></P> <DIV><FONT face=Courier size=2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>cp: writing `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdb': No space left on device</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>`/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdc' -> `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdc'</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>cp: cannot open `/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdc' for reading: No such device or address</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>`/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdd' -> `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdd'</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>cp: cannot open `/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdd' for reading: No such device or address</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>`/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sde' -> `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sde'</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>cp: cannot open `/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sde' for reading: No such device or address</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>`/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdf' -> `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdf'</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>cp: cannot open `/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdf' for reading: No such device or address</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>`/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdg' -> `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdg'</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>cp: cannot open `/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdg' for reading: No such device or address</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>`/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdh' -> `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdh'</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>cp: cannot open `/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/sdh' for reading: No such device or address</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>`/nas/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/rtc' -> `/lvm2/src/trccs-0.8.1r2/_system/_cd/var/dev/rtc'</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2></FONT> </P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2> <STRONG> </STRONG></FONT><FONT face=Courier size=2>corpnas:~# df</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>/dev/sda1 2667848 634816 2033032 24% /</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>/dev/sda3 1776120 124360 1651760 8% /var</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>/dev/sda4 4254908 68664 4186244 2% /local/home</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2><STRONG>/dev/raid7/lvm2 51198432 51196436 1996 100% /lvm2 ** DESTINATION ***</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>garfield-int:/home 24409984 3448808 20961176 15% /home</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2><STRONG>garfield-int:/nas 37100944 5842216 31258728 16% /nas *** SOURCE DIRECTORY ***</STRONG></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>/dev/raid7/lvm1 51198432 2153480 49044952 5% /lvm1</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Courier size=2>corpnas:~# </FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>