[linux-lvm] LVM and sw RAID1

[Peter Green]

Thanks for the response,

also sprach Peter.Wuestefeld:
> 
>    Hi,
>    I think you are trying to cure the wrong disease ;-)
>    > [root at dmna /root]# pvcreate -f /dev/md0
>    > pvcreate -- invalid partition type 0x83 for "/dev/md0" (must be
>    0x8e)
>    shows what is wrong:
>    try to set the partition id to 0x8e with fdisk/sfdisk/cfdisk - that
>    should solve the problem.

There *aren't* any partitions on a /dev/md? device. Look at the strace I
sent; it's trying to pvcreate /dev/sda, even though I specify /dev/md0 on
the command line.

Thanks for your help.

/pg
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