Thanks Trevor, that did it! Greg
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rhelv5-list- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Trevor Hemsley > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:20 PM > To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) discussion mailing-list > Subject: Re: [rhelv5-list] LVM problem > > Most likely you have the disk attached to a different disk controller than the > existing one and there is no driver in the initrd that currently exists. You > could > try this > > Boot your rescue CD and have it mount your existing Linux partitions under > /mnt/sysimage mount --bind /proc /mnt/sysimage/proc mount --bind /dev > /mnt/sysimage/dev chroot /mnt/sysimage mkinitrd /boot/initrd-$(uname - > r).new $(uname -r) mv /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img /boot/initrd-$(uname - > r).old mv /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).new /boot/initrd-$(uname -r).img exit > reboot > > Greg Cornell wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I'm having trouble after adding a new disk to an existing LVM group. I'll > summarize the steps I've been through so far. > > > > 1. Installed a new hard drive (sdb) > > 2. Booted CD into rescue mode > > 3. Used fdisk to create a new partition (/dev/sdb1) 4. Used pvcreate > > to initialize the partition 5. Used vgextend to add the new pv to the > > existing group 6. Used lvextend to expand the volume 7. Used resize2fs > > to expand the file system > > > > And that all seemed to go fine. I can mount the volume and use df to verify > that there's now the correct amount of free space. The trouble comes when > I try to boot the system normally. Here's what I get: > > > > Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... > > Couldn't find device with uuid DRjb77-WpC0-DQAJ-3gRv-998p-SB2L- > zC4cRO > > Found volume group "vg0" using metadata type lvm2 Activating logical > > volumes > > Couldn't find device with uuid DRjb77-WpC0-DQAJ-3gRv-998p-SB2L- > zC4cRO > > Refusing activation of partial LV root. Use --partial to override > > > > And then it kernel panics. There may be more above this output but I can > get it to stop sooner. Everything seemed normal up to that point. > > > > So, if I use the rescue CD I can mount the volume just fine, but I can't > > boot > the system normally. Any ideas? I'm happy to send more command output > but I thought this was getting long enough already. > > > > Thanks, > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rhelv5-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > > > > -- > > Trevor Hemsley > Infrastructure Engineer > ................................................. > * C A L Y P S O > * 4th Floor, Tower Point, > 44 North Road, > Brighton, BN1 1YR, UK > > OFFICE +44 (0) 1273 666 350 > FAX +44 (0) 1273 666 351 > > ................................................. > www.calypso.com > > This electronic-mail might contain confidential information intended only for > the use by the entity named. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. > > * P * /*/ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail /*/ > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
