[linux-lvm] consistent lvcreate core dump (rc4 - 2.4.10)

[Jason A. Lixfeld]

I had that problem aswell.  I was using the stock compiler with RedHat
and switched to egcs 1.1.2 and it worked fine.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com 
> [mailto:linux-lvm-admin at sistina.com] On Behalf Of Tony Cox
> Sent: October 5, 2001 8:58 AM
> To: linux-lvm at sistina.com
> Subject: [linux-lvm] consistent lvcreate core dump (rc4 - 2.4.10)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I'm new to LVM so apologies if this is a FAQ.
> 
> I just installed LVM-1.0.1-rc4 on a 486-based linux box 
> running 2.4.10. It only has SCSI disks running via a 53c710 
> chip on the motherboard. It also has an adaptec 1540B scsi 
> card installed but that only hosts a scsi CDROM.
> 
> The LVM kernel patch, module build and install went without a 
> hitch. I have 5 2GB scsi disk each divided into 2 x 1GB 
> partitions. I set the 8e partion flag and created the PVs 
> without and problem. I then created a VG with 4 of the 
> partitions (sda1/2 and sdb1/2). This went OK.
> 
> Finally when I came to create an LV I got a seg fault. Using 
> the -v flag I found that it got up to the part where it was: 
> "creating logical volume VGDA in kernel". Then it crashed.
> 
> The LV create command was:
> 
> lvcreate -V -L 1000M -n backup vg1
> 
> Could anybody tell me if I am doing something wrong? - or how 
> to track down the problem? 
> 
> The pvscan and vgscan utilties reported no problems and I 
> tried restarting LVM, inactivating, reactivating the GV and 
> even deleting the whole thing including the PVs and repeating 
> the process - so it is completely reproduceable in my situation.
> 
> thanks
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> 
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