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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm lvm beginner ^^</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Now I made a physical volume.(#pvcreate -ff
/dev/sdc1)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>but following problem occured..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I don't know why</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Help me, please..</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>#vgcreate new /dev/sdc1 <BR>vgcreate -- INFO: using default
physical extent size 4 MB<BR>vgcreate -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is
255.99 Gigabyte<BR>vgcreate -- ERROR 2 writing volume group backup file
/etc/lvmtab.d/new.tmp in vg_cfgbackup.c [line 257]<BR>vgcreate -- ERROR
"vg_cfgbackup(): write" writing "/etc/lvmtab"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>#vgchange -a n new<BR>vgchange -- ERROR: VGDA in kernel and
lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run vgscan<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>#vgscan<BR>vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may
take a while...)<BR>vgscan -- found active volume group "new"<BR>vgscan -- ERROR
2 writing volume group backup file /etc/lvmtab.d/new.tmp in vg_cfgbackup.c [line
257]<BR>vgscan -- ERROR: unable to do a backup of volume group "new"<BR>vgscan
-- ERROR "lvm_tab_vg_remove(): unlink" removing volume group "new" from
"/etc/lvmtab"<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</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>fdisk -l</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Disk /dev/sdc: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 1436208
cylinders<BR>Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> Device Boot
Start End
Blocks Id
System<BR>/dev/sdc1
1 1436208 1470676976 8e Linux
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