[linux-lvm] vgextend segfaults

[Heinz J. Mauelshagen]

Looks like you didn't patch the kernel with the patch contained
in the LVM distribution.

Did you follow PATCHES/README in order to do that?

On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 03:35:30PM +0100, wim bakker wrote:
> Hai,
> setup: RH7 with all updates applied
> kernel: 2.4.0 and 2.4.1-pre10
> LVM: tried 0.9, 0.9.1-beta1 and 0.9.1-beta2
> with fdisk I created 4 primary partitions on a testdrive all
> 8e.
> After that I do a pvcreate for those 4 partitiions:

<SNIP>

> Then I do a vgextend:
> --------------------------------------
>  vgextend -v testl /dev/sdb2
> vgextend -- locking logical volume manager
> vgextend -- checking volume group name "testl"
> vgextend -- checking volume group "testl" existence
> vgextend -- checking for inactivity of volume group
> vgextend -- reading data of volume group "testl" from lvmtab
> vgextend -- INFO: maximum logical volume size is 255.99
> Gigabyte
> vgextend -- reading data for all physical volumes from
> disk(s)
> vgextend -- extending VGDA structures of volume group
> "testl"
> vgextend -- volume group "testl" will be extended by 1 new
> physical volumes
> vgextend -- extending volume group "testl" by physical
> volume "/dev/sdb2" in kernel
> Segmentation fault
> ----------------------------------------
> It segfaults , it segfaults whatever 2.4.0 or 2.4.1-prexxx
> I use, I tried this with the above mentioned lvm's
> and allways the same result. a segfault .
> Now what am I doink wrong???
> I tried this on two different machine one dual processor
> with
> adaptec 29160 adapter and one with 53c875 adapter 
> both with the same disks quantum 9Gb u2w disks
> TIA 
> 
> wim bakker
> ComNed Netwerken BV
> 31 20 4350025
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