[linux-lvm] Cannot access VG due to "hd error"

[Justin Hamilton]

Hi there Michelic,

I believe this is a Kernel issue.  Take a look at the following, I think it
fits you needs:

ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support
->IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices
--->Use multi-mode by default

CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE:

If you get this error, try to say Y here:
hda: set_multmode: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hda: set_multmode: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
If in doubt, say N.

Hope that helps.

Justin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-linux-lvm at msede.com [mailto:owner-linux-lvm at msede.com]On
> Behalf Of Michelic Adalbert
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 5:31 AM
> To: 'linux-lvm at msede.com'
> Subject: [linux-lvm] Cannot access VG due to "hd error"
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have the following problem:
>
> I had the following disks in my machine:
>   hda: several partionions; hda6 is a PV
>   hdc: hdc is a PV
>   hde: temporary disk; hde1 was ReiserFS
>
> On my hdc-disk I had a ext2-filesystem and i wanted to move this
> to a ReiserFS on a LVM-volume, so i put in the hde-disk; copied
> everything to hde, then i did the following:
>   pvcreate /dev/hdc
>   vgextend vg01 /dev/hdc
> a cat /proc/lvm told me, that there are 1007 LE on /dev/hdc
>   lvcreate -l 1007 -n mp3z vg01 /dev/hdc
> (I wanted the mp3z-volume to completly reside on the hdc-disk, so
> i could turn it off, since it is very rarely used).
>
> everything okay; then i created the filesystem on /dev/vg01/mp3z
> and copied all files from /dev/hde1 to /dev/vg01/mp3z, changed
> the mountpoint in /etc/fstab and mounted it. /dev/hde was now
> not in use anymore.
>
> Now i have shutdown my machine, removed /dev/hde and rebooted.
>
> Now vgscan gave me errors like the following:
> hdc: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>   Error }    <-- one line
> hdc: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>
> I thought the disk is defect and have re-inserted /dev/hde and
> moved the whole /dev/hdc to /dev/hde (dd id=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hde
> bs=1k), then I inserted the new hde-disk as secondary master (hdc).
>
> Copying was okay; the new hde disk is (tested!) 100% okay; it is not
> physically defect.
>
> After rebooting I got still the same errors, so I thought the
> controller might be defect and tried inserting it is /dev/hde.
>
> But the errors are still the same - with the disk inserted as
> /dev/hde I get the following output from vgscan:
>
> <vgscan>
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   ide2: reset success
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   ide2: reset success
>   hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest \
>      Error }
>   hde: read_intr: error=0x04 { DriveStatusError }
>   end_request: I/O error, dev 21:01 (hde), sector 0
>   vgscan -- found inactive voulme group "vg01"
>   vgscan -- error -154: can't get data of volume group "vg01" from \
>      physical volume(s)
>   vgscan -- error -154: creating /etc/lvmtab and /etc/lvmtab.d
> </>
>
> I'm using lvm version 0.8e with Kernel 2.2.14 (this is the Kernel that
> is shipped with SuSE 6.4).
>
> This messages sound like a hardware problem, but I think this is a
> problem with the LVM, because the occur always - I have tried to use
> another disk (which is completely new), I have to user another IDE-
> cable (a new U-DMA/66 cable), i tried another controller.
>
> Has anyone an idea, what this could be?
>
>
> Please excuse my bad english,
>
> Rgds, Adalbert
>
>