[linux-lvm] Re: Why can't I extend a LV after many times extends?

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 06:10:44PM +0800, lepton wrote:
> 3. Now when I lvextend, it complains :
> 
>       VG amd64 metadata too large for circular buffer
> 
>       (lib/format_text/format_text.c line 363)
 
If you *really* want to do things this way, you'll also need to make your
on-disk metadata area (which contains the "circular buffer" that
message refers to) several times bigger before you start:  
see pvcreate --metadatasize

Alasdair
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