[linux-lvm] Volume Group Creation
Heinz Mauelshagen
mauelsha at ez-darmstadt.telekom.de
Mon May 17 14:16:50 UTC 1999
>
> I have successfully patched and compiled the lvm code and kernel.... and I =
> am able to create the physical volumes using "pvcreate /dev/sdb[12]". =
> However, the next step in the documention is where I run into problems... =
> upon execution of the "vgcreate test_vg /dev/sdb[12]" I receive an error =
> that no physical volumes exist. Am I missing something. I have changed =
> the system ids on the partitions. I am running kernel 2.2.8 with lvm 0.6 =
> and the devfs patch for May 3rd.=20
>
In addition to Mike's vgscan hint:
Could you please check, if /dev/sd* are all o.k.?
I've seen trouble with overlapping specials before (_no_ devfs!).
/dev/sdb16 existed with major/minor of /dev/sdc
/dev/sdb17 mapped /dev/sdc1 etc.
I've attached a script which is able to create SCSI device specials.
Please remove existing /dev/sd* yourself, because the script doesn't
take care of that.
Regards,
Heinz
#!/bin/sh
#
# (C)opyright Heinz Mauelshagen 11/15/1998
#
# Generates SCSI disk specials for disk 1 up to 128
#
alphabet="a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z"
DIR=/dev
[ ! -d $DIR ] && ( mkdir $DIR; chmod 555 $DIR )
function do_mknod {
major_this=$1
minor_this=$2
disknum_this=$3
DIR_this=$4
let modminor_this=minor_this%16
if [ $disknum_this -lt 26 ]; then
i=0
for c in $alphabet; do
[ $i -eq $disknum_this ] && break
let i=i+1
done
name=$c
[ $modminor_this -ne 0 ] && name=$name$modminor_this
else
let ilt1=disknum_this/26-1
let ilt2=disknum_this%26
i=0
for c in $alphabet; do
[ $i -eq $ilt1 ] && break
let i=i+1
done
lt1=$c
i=0
for c in $alphabet; do
[ $i -eq $ilt2 ] && break
let i=i+1
done
name=$lt1$c
[ $modminor_this -ne 0 ] && name=$name$modminor_this
fi
rm -f $DIR_this/sd$name
echo mknod $DIR_this/sd$name b $major_this $minor_this
mknod $DIR_this/sd$name b $major_this $minor_this
chown root:disk $DIR_this/sd$name
chmod 660 $DIR_this/sd$name
}
disknum=0
ongoing_minor=0
for major in 8 65 66 67 68 69 70 71
do
disk_per_major=1
while [ $disk_per_major -le 16 ]; do
minor=0
[ $ongoing_minor -gt 255 ] && ongoing_minor=0
while [ $minor -lt 16 ]; do
do_mknod $major $ongoing_minor $disknum $DIR
let minor=minor+1
let ongoing_minor=ongoing_minor+1
done
let disk_per_major=disk_per_major+1
let disknum=disknum+1
done
done
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Systemmanagement C/S Deutsche Telekom AG
Entwicklungszentrum Darmstadt
Heinz Mauelshagen Otto-Roehm-Strasse 71c
Senior Systems Engineer Postfach 10 05 41
64205 Darmstadt
mge at ez-darmstadt.telekom.de Germany
+49 6151 886-425
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