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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have change my system from slackware to gentoo
and I can't get my lvm to work.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I run vgscan I get:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2># vgscan <BR>vgscan -- reading all physical volumes
(this may take a while...)<BR>vgscan -- ERROR "vg_read_with_pv_and_lv(): current
PV" can't get data of volume group "ftp_vg" from physical volume(s)<BR>vgscan --
"/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created<BR>vgscan -- WARNING:
This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and pvscan:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2># pvscan <BR>pvscan -- reading all physical volumes
(this may take a while...)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV
"/dev/ataraid/disc0/disc"
is associated to unknown VG "ftp_vg" (run vgscan)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV
"/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/disc" is associated to unknown VG
"ftp_vg" (run vgscan)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV
"/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target1/lun0/disc" is associated to unknown VG
"ftp_vg" (run vgscan)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV
"/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target1/lun0/disc" is associated to unknown VG
"ftp_vg" (run vgscan)<BR>pvscan -- inactive PV
"/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc" is associated to unknown VG
"ftp_vg" (run vgscan)<BR>pvscan -- total: 5 [496.34 GB] / in use: 5 [496.34 GB]
/ in no VG: 0 [0]<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And now to my problem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>when I used slackware all my pv's was located by
pvscan at /dev/hdb and forward but now at
/dev/ide/host?/bus?/lun0/disc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So if anybody got a clue how to fix it, pleace tell
me. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>/Hans Törnquist</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>