[linux-lvm] LVM and sw RAID1

[Andreas Dilger]

Peter Green writes:
> I am having a really difficult time being able to get LVM to recognize my
> /dev/md[012] arrays.

What does /proc/partitions show you?  What about cfdisk -P s /dev/sdX for
each drive?

>   (pcg at dmna) ~> sudo pvcreate /dev/md0
>   pvcreate -- invalid partition type 0x83 for "/dev/md0" (must be 0x8e)

Have you tried doing this directly as root?  I'm not sure if it makes a
difference, but it is worth trying.

Have you applied the fixes from "BUGS" to the LVM tools?

Cheers, Andreas
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