[linux-lvm] vg not intact after other disks are exchanged

[Alasdair G Kergon]

> > It is strange that the scan does not find the /dev/hdd volume,
> > but the display manually finds the same data.
>   Actually, I found that using lvm.conf, I can tell it to 
>   scan for the disk, and then the disk is found, and the 
>   vg1 is created. This closes my problem. But it is still
>   bad that pvscan can't find the disk after other disks
>   have been exchanged. Maybe this is a bios problem.
 
Debian users in particular often report problems like this because 
of an incorrect symlink connecting /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdd and an 
lvm.conf filter ignoring cdrom.

Alasdair
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agk at redhat.com