<div id="RTEContent"> <div id="RTEContent">Hi,<br> I am using mandrake 10.2 , and have installed<br> 1)device-mapper.1.01.05.tgz<br> 2)LVM2.2.01.15.tgz<br> and have untar the patches in "/usr/src/linux-2.6.11-6mdk"<br> <br> I have succesfully created physical volume using : pvcreate <br>then created volume group using : vgcreate<br> <br> <br> <br> [root@localhost ~]# vgdisplay<br> --- Volume group ---<br> VG Name volume1<br> System ID<br> Format &n!
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lvm2<br> Metadata Areas 2<br> Metadata Sequence No 1<br> VG Access read/write<br> VG Status resizable<br> MAX LV 0<br> Cur LV 0<br> Open LV 0<br> Max PV 0<br> Cur PV 2<br> Act
PV 2<br> VG Size 6.35 GB<br> PE Size 4.00 MB<br> Total PE 1626<br> Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0<br> Free PE / Size 1626 / 6.35 GB<br> VG UUID zZO4ie-mfY7-st4p-G6ah-tnyf-S5Nt-7AWkzu<br> <br> <br> but while creating logical volumes from volume group i get following messages :<br> <br> [root@localhost ~]# lvcreate -L1500 -nshash volume1<br> <br> /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found<br> Is device-map!
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driver missing from kernel?<br> Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.<br> striped: Required device-mapper target(s) not detected in your kernel<br> lvcreate: Create a logical volume<br> <br> lvcreate<br> [-A|--autobackup {y|n}]<br> [--addtag Tag]<br> [--alloc AllocationPolicy]<br> [-C|--contiguous {y|n}]<br> [-d|--debug]<br> [-h|-?|--help]<br> [-i|--stripes Stripes [-I|--stripesize StripeSize]]<br> {-l|--extents LogicalExtentsNumber |<br> -L|--size LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}<br> [-M|--persi!
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{y|n}] [--major major] [--minor minor]<br> [-m|--mirrors Mirrors]<br> [-n|--name LogicalVolumeName]<br> [-p|--permission {r|rw}]<br> [-r|--readahead ReadAheadSectors]<br> [-R|--regionsize MirrorLogRegionSize]<br> [-t|--test]<br> [--type VolumeType]<br> [-v|--verbose]<br> [-Z|--zero {y|n}]<br> [--version]<br> VolumeGroupName [PhysicalVolumePath...]<br> <br> lvcreate -s|--snapshot<br> [-c|--chunksize]<br> [-A|--a!
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{y|n}]<br> [--addtag Tag]<br> [--alloc AllocationPolicy]<br> [-C|--contiguous {y|n}]<br> [-d|--debug]<br> [-h|-?|--help]<br> [-i|--stripes Stripes [-I|--stripesize StripeSize]]<br> {-l|--extents LogicalExtentsNumber |<br> -L|--size LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}<br> [-M|--persistent {y|n}] [--major major] [--minor minor]<br> [-n|--name LogicalVolumeName]<br> [-p|--permission {r|rw}]<br> [-r|--readahead ReadAheadSectors]<br>
[-t|--test]<br> [-v|--verbose]<br> [--version]<br> OriginalLogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolumePath...]<br> <br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> <br> [root@localhost ~]# lvcreate -i2 -I8 -l100 -nanothervolume1 volume1<br> <br> /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found<br> Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?<br> Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.<br> striped: Required device-mapper target(s) not detected in your kernel<br> lvcreate: Create a logical volume<br> <br> lvcreate<br> [-A|--autobackup {y|n}]<br> [--addtag Tag]<br> &nb!
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[--alloc AllocationPolicy]<br> [-C|--contiguous {y|n}]<br> [-d|--debug]<br> [-h|-?|--help]<br> [-i|--stripes Stripes [-I|--stripesize StripeSize]]<br> {-l|--extents LogicalExtentsNumber |<br> -L|--size LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}<br> [-M|--persistent {y|n}] [--major major] [--minor minor]<br> [-m|--mirrors Mirrors]<br> [-n|--name LogicalVolumeName]<br> [-p|--permission {r|rw}]<br> [-r|--readahead ReadAheadSectors]<br> [-R|--regionsize
MirrorLogRegionSize]<br> [-t|--test]<br> [--type VolumeType]<br> [-v|--verbose]<br> [-Z|--zero {y|n}]<br> [--version]<br> VolumeGroupName [PhysicalVolumePath...]<br> <br> lvcreate -s|--snapshot<br> [-c|--chunksize]<br> [-A|--autobackup {y|n}]<br> [--addtag Tag]<br> [--alloc AllocationPolicy]<br> [-C|--contiguous {y|n}]<br> [-d|--debug]<br> [-h|-?|--help]<br> [-i|--str!
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Stripes [-I|--stripesize StripeSize]]<br> {-l|--extents LogicalExtentsNumber |<br> -L|--size LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtT]}<br> [-M|--persistent {y|n}] [--major major] [--minor minor]<br> [-n|--name LogicalVolumeName]<br> [-p|--permission {r|rw}]<br> [-r|--readahead ReadAheadSectors]<br> [-t|--test]<br> [-v|--verbose]<br> [--version]<br> OriginalLogicalVolume[Path] [PhysicalVolumePath...]<br> <br> please help me ....<br> what is the problem here?<br>
-Shashank K.<br> PhD C.S.<br>
IIT POWOI<br> INDIA <br> <br> <br> </div> </div><p>
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