[linux-lvm] Re: [OxLUG] LVM2 problems

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 07:28:48PM +0100, Paul Warren wrote:
> This should probably go on the linux-lvm mailing list, but the server
> seems to be down, 

Not as far as I know.

  http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2 -> linux-lvm at redhat.com

> Our primary problem is that creating snapshots occassionally hangs the
> machine.

Known issue now - unfortunately the fix involves a lot of coding and
other things have a higher priority at the moment.
 
> /lib/lvm-200/lvm vgconvert -d -v  -M1 mainvg
>     Using volume group(s) on command line
>     Finding volume group "mainvg"
>     Archiving volume group "mainvg" metadata.
> Segmentation fault
 
If it does it with the latest (2.00.25) version,
configure --enable-debug and send me the binary + core file
to investigate.

Alasdair