[linux-lvm] swap tagged as lvm2

[Bernard Fay]

Right on target Bryn.  Your solution fixed it.

Thanks a lot,
Bernard


On 9/5/08, Bryn M. Reeves <breeves at redhat.com> wrote:
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> Bernard Fay wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > We have installed RHEL 4.7 on a single disk (actually two disk in
> hardware
> > RAID).  Part of it use regular partions and others LVM2 logical
> volumes.  To my
> > surprise, when running pvs or pvscan, the swap partition is shown has
> LVM2:
> >
> > # pvscan
> >   PV /dev/sda5   VG vgsys            lvm2 [53,19 GB / 32,19 GB free]
> >   PV /dev/sda3                       lvm2 [65,21 GB]
> >   Total: 2 [118,39 GB] / in use : 1 [53,19 GB] / in no VG: 1 [65,21 GB]
> >
> > But if I type fdisk -l /dev/sda, sda3 is a good old swap partition:
> >
> > # fdisk -l /dev/sda
> >
> > Disque /dev/sda: 72.7Go, 72746008576 octets
> > 255 têtes, 63 secteurs/piste, 8844 cylindres
> > Unités = cylindres de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 octets
> >
> > Périphérique Boot    Start     End      Blocks   Id    System
> > /dev/sda1   *         1      13      104391   83  Linux
> > /dev/sda2   *        14     332     2562367+  83  Linux
> > /dev/sda3   *       333    1899    12586927+  82  Linux swap
> > /dev/sda4   *      1900    8844    55785712+   5  Extended
> > /dev/sda5   *      1900    8844    55785681+  8e  Linux LVM
> >
> > I do not think this is a big problem but I am curious of why and could it
> be a
> > problem?
>
> Looks like the partition was previously used as an LVM PV. Just wipe out
> the first 1M or so and run mkswap again.
>
> Regards,
> Bryn.
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