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
Thanks for the replies guys. I haven't actually had time to proceed with the installation yet, so I haven't tried what you have suggested.
I have another query though. How do I get these volumes to initialize at every boot?
Also, I've filed an enhancement request at http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89527
I have used your emails in this mailing list in the bug report without asking for your permissions first. I deeply apologize for that. Sorry. But, as is mostly always the case with any Linux Community, I've only done that for the benefit of the community.
Regards, Mrugesh Karnik -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
