On 11 Jun 2004 at 17:25, Patrick Caulfield wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 03:10:18PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > > > In any case, can you type: > > > > vgchange -a y > > > > and restart the partitioner; then they should show up. > > > > > > > Done. For each lv, I get: > > > Incorrect metadata area header checksum > > > Incorrect metadata area header checksum > > > Volume group vg1 metadata is inconsistent > > > Voume group for uuid not found: <about 50 characters> > Does it only happen with this box or is it more generic? I've only seen it on this box, but haven't tried it yet on other boxes. > The reason I ask is > because it might be down to O_DIRECT causing odd problems on older hardware - I > have seem this sort of behaviour before and it sort of magically fixed it self > later. If you like I can build you a udeb (or you could do it yourself) with > O_DIRECT disabled to try. > Indeed this is an old box. I'm a bit of a newbie and don't know how to disable O_DIRECT or build a udeb. I could learn.... > There was an odd bug in earlier lvm2 that used to cause checksum failures but I > can't locate which version that was and I assume that you'll be using a fairly > recent udeb anyway. > This is from the Sarge daily build dated 6/01/04. > One other idea - the disks look quite small, it might be worth using a small PE > size in the vgcreate command. I didn't see an option in the d- i, so will try it from the command line. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
