[linux-lvm] lvm/devfs bug?

[Luca Berra]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 12:21:45PM -0700, Rich Turner wrote:
>i am able to confirm that /proc/partitions does not have a partition
>entry for the disk but pvcreate still fails. i am using a devfs kernel
>so i thought there might be some strange behavior between lvm and devfs.
>is there a fix or known issues regarding lvm and devfs?
>
if you have devfs you should use the devfs long mane to reference your pv
eg: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
as to why the error message is misleading i would not say, lvm1 tools are
very buggy wrt the handling of device names.

L.

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