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felix@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 05:56:58PM -0400, covici@××××××××××.com wrote: |
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> > felix@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> > > Got my two 4TB drives installed. Now I need to get stuff off /dev/hda |
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> > > so I can turn it into an LVM volumne. So I copied everything there to |
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> > > the the 7.3TB LVM filesystem, then tried to create a new pv on |
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> > > /dev/hda1. No joy. I get |
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> > > Device /dev/hda1 not found (or ignored by filtering). |
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> > > /dev/hda has only /dev/hda1 which takes all the space. The partition |
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> > > type is 8e, Linux LVM. It's not mounted. I tried pvcreate -f. I |
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> > > tried dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 count=1. What is pvcreate really |
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> > > complaining about? |
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> > How come its hda? Perhaps this is the problem, it certainly should be |
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> > fixed anyway. |
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> Because it was set up that way 8 years ago. /dev/hda is the only IDE |
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> drive in the system, and has the MBR, so I can't make /dev/hda an LVM |
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> volume, it has to be /dev/hda1. I don't want to make some other drive |
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> the boot drive; they are LVM volumes also. And I also want an hd(0,x) |
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> for grub which doesn't change as I add new drives. |
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> Besides all that, why do you think it's a problem and how do you |
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> propose fixing it? |
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If they are serial ata drives, I thought newer kernels would use |
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/dev/sda etc. Is this really a ide drive? Or do you have the BIOS |
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pretend they are? |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |