Mrugesh Karnik wrote: > Kiawud wrote: > >> On 4/16/05, Mrugesh Karnik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hello folks, >>> >>> I'm trying to install Gentoo with LVM2. I had to stop the installation >>> at one point and reboot the pc. Later, I booted with LiveCD again and >>> now I'm wondering how I am to get my volumes back... >>> >>> I did the following (I definitely think that I'm doing something wrong >>> here! I admit that I don't have enough knowledge about lvm yet and that >>> I haven't read the complete LVM HOWTO yet.) >>> >>> modprobe dm_mod >>> pvscan <<< Found the volume vg >>> pvchange -a y <<< Successfully enabled vg >>> lvscan <<< It found all the volumes, ie, usr, home, opt, var and tmp >>> lvchange - a y <<< I enabled all the volumes properly. >>> >>> Now, when I do lvscan again, it tells me that all the volumes are >>> ACTIVE >>> and shows the path as /dev/vg/* and shows them as "inherit". >>> >>> After all that, there is no /dev/vg >>> >>> Help? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Yours Faithfully, >>> Mrugesh Karnik >>> -- >>> gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >>> >>> >> >> No problem ... I just did the same thing (installed 2005.0 w/ lvm2) >> ... Here's how I got it to work: >> >> 1) vgchange -a n (deactive all the volumes) >> 2) vgexport -a vg (export all the volumes) >> 3) vgimport -a vg (import all the volumes into the existing system) >> 4) vgchange -a y (reactive all the volumes) >> >> This should do it for you... >> >> -Hani >> > Ah! > > Somehow I forgot to see --help on the export command... hehehe. I'll > give it a try. Thank you. :) > > Regards, > Mrugesh Karnik
Hi, A week ago also tried to install using LVM2, but couldn't resolve a Bug (lvm2 linked to libgmp), see gentoo-lvm2-docs, so went for a normal install. Made the devices with 'vgmknodes' command, then they exist in /dev/vg/... HTH Rumen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
