Re: LVM devices and symlinks
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 11:09:50PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Neil T. Dantam wrote:
> > I'm having an issue (not quite a problem) creating LVM logical
> > volumes. It seems that the way device files and symlinks are created
> > has changed between Squeeze and Wheezy (or I have some bad
> > configuration).
>
> > Workarounds
> > -----------
> > Here are a few workarounds I've figured out:
> >
> > 1. Give lvcreate the '-Z n' flag. This does create a usable logical
> > volume, but won't work with snapshots.
> > 2. Manually create a symlink
> > '/dev/VGNAME/LVNAME -> /dev/mapper/VGNAME-LVNAME'
> > before running lvcreate
> > 3. Give lvcreate the '--noudevsync' option. In this case, lvcreate
> > makes a symlink for
> > '/dev/VGNAME/LVNAME -> /dev/mapper/VGNAME-LVNAME'
> > on its own (apparently).
>
> What version of udev are you using? I could see this being a udev issue.
and/or dmsetup. Might be worth installing that if missing.
Regards,
Roger
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