Trying to merge / and /usr partition for systemd-206-r3 and genkernel-next-24 I made a hardisk clone with dd from /dev/sda to /dev/sdd, deleted the physical volume containg the logical volume usr, the root partion /dev/sdb6, recreated a larger /-/usr partition /dev/sdb6 and a smaller partition /dev/sdb7 for the physical volume for the volune group vg0. Then I tried to recreate the logical volumes in the volume grub vg0, which fails with: root@lynx:/root(30)# lvcreate -L 12G -n var vg0 /dev/vg0/var: not found: device not cleared Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV. root@lynx:/root(31)# lvcreate -Z y -v -L 12G -n var vg0 Setting logging type to disk Finding volume group "vg0" Archiving volume group "vg0" metadata (seqno 3). Creating logical volume var Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg0" (seqno 4). activation/volume_list configuration setting not defined: Checking only host tags for vg0/var Creating vg0-var Loading vg0-var table (254:11) Resuming vg0-var (254:11) Clearing start of logical volume "var" /dev/vg0/var: not found: device not cleared Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV. Removing vg0-var (254:11) Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg0" (seqno 5). root@lynx:/root(33)# vgdisplay vg0 --- Volume group --- VG Name vg0 System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 7 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 736.24 GiB PE Size 4.00 MiB Total PE 188477 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 188477 / 736.24 GiB VG UUID k1dbva-6HoZ-4lPb-nBCO-PfYN-NKGs-ZFPJql root@lynx:/root(42)# pvscan PV /dev/sdb7 VG vg0 lvm2 [736.24 GiB / 736.24 GiB free] PV /dev/sda7 VG vg lvm2 [862.24 GiB / 0 free] Total: 2 [1.56 TiB] / in use: 2 [1.56 TiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] root@lynx:/root(43)# vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "vg0" using metadata type lvm2 Found volume group "vg" using metadata type lvm2 systemd-206-r3 is installed, but can't run because of the seperate /usr partition. I assume, that the missing udev is responsible for this error (see http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/12/msg00413.html ). I suppose, that I can create the logical volumes, if I boot from a rescue medium (systemrescuecd). But is there an easier way? Reproducible: Always root@lynx:/root(44)# emerge --info Portage 2.2.1 (default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop, gcc-4.7.3, glibc-2.17, 3.10.10 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-3.10.10-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-2_Duo_CPU_T8300_@_2.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.2 KiB Mem: 3979964 total, 3045908 free KiB Swap: 12582908 total, 12582908 free Timestamp of tree: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 06:30:01 +0000 ld GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.2 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.2_p45 dev-java/java-config: 2.2.0 dev-lang/python: 2.7.5-r2, 3.2.5-r2, 3.3.2-r2 dev-util/cmake: 2.8.11.1 dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.28 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.2 sys-apps/openrc: 0.12 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.6-r1 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.69 sys-devel/automake: 1.9.6-r3, 1.10.3, 1.11.6, 1.12.6, 1.13.4, 1.14 sys-devel/binutils: 2.23.2 sys-devel/gcc: 4.6.4, 4.7.3 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.8 sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.2 sys-devel/make: 3.82-r4 sys-kernel/linux-headers: 3.11 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Ensure that lvmetad is running and try again, >=2.02.98 require lvmetad in order to work with udev properly.
(In reply to Jory A. Pratt from comment #1) > Ensure that lvmetad is running and try again, >=2.02.98 require lvmetad in > order to work with udev properly. After booting with systemrescuecd I could created logical volumes with lvm-2.02.97 like a charm. Now I booted again from my old hd and tried to create logical volumes: root@lynx:/root(7)# lvmetad root@lynx:/root(8)# lvcreate -L 8G -n tmp vg0 WARNING: lvmetad is running but disabled. Restart lvmetad before enabling it! /dev/vg0/tmp: not found: device not cleared Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV. root@lynx:/root(9)# ps -ef | grep lvme root 8770 1 0 09:21 ? 00:00:00 lvmetad root 8786 8360 0 09:21 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto lvme root@lynx:/root(11)# lvm version LVM version: 2.02.99(2) (2013-07-24) Library version: 1.02.78 (2013-07-24) Driver version: 4.24.0 So, 'lvmetad' does not help. I suppose, the reason is, that I can't run systemd from the old hd because of the separte /usr partion in a logical volume and therefore udev is not activated.
Now I booted from the new hd (with systemd) and try copy the old home volume to the new hd. But I can mount the old logical volumes. root@lynx:/root(8)# lvmetad -l all root@lynx:/root(9)# pvscan WARNING: lvmetad is running but disabled. Restart lvmetad before enabling it! PV /dev/sdb7 VG vg lvm2 [862.24 GiB / 0 free] PV /dev/sda7 VG vg0 lvm2 [736.24 GiB / 0 free] Total: 2 [1.56 TiB] / in use: 2 [1.56 TiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] root@lynx:/root(10)# lvscan WARNING: lvmetad is running but disabled. Restart lvmetad before enabling it! ACTIVE '/dev/vg/usr' [64.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/var' [12.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/vtmp' [16.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/portage' [2.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/distfiles' [32.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/src' [12.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/opt' [12.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/ftp' [128.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/data' [128.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/home' [448.24 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg/tmp' [8.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/var' [12.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/vtmp' [16.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/portage' [2.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/distfiles' [32.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/tmp' [8.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/src' [12.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/opt' [12.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/ftp' [128.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/data' [128.00 GiB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/vg0/home' [386.24 GiB] inherit root@lynx:/root(11)# mount /dev/mapper/vg-home /mnt/test1 mount: special device /dev/mapper/vg-home does not exist root@lynx:/root(12)# mount /dev/vg/home /mnt/test1 mount: special device /dev/vg/home does not exist Restarting lvmetad does not help. Maybe systemd is not running even if it is in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: root@lynx:/root(14)# ps -ef | grep systemd root 9017 8606 0 17:48 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto systemd root@lynx:/root(17)# grep systemd /etc/default/grub GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="dolvm rootfstype=ext4 real_init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" root@lynx:/root(18)# ll /usr/lib/systemd/systemd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1039560 Aug 13 15:36 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd* Should I file a separated bug?
(In reply to Juergen Rose from comment #3) > Now I booted from the new hd (with systemd) and try copy the old home volume > to the new hd. > But I can mount the old logical volumes. > > root@lynx:/root(8)# lvmetad -l all > .... > root@lynx:/root(11)# mount /dev/mapper/vg-home /mnt/test1 > mount: special device /dev/mapper/vg-home does not exist > > root@lynx:/root(12)# mount /dev/vg/home /mnt/test1 > mount: special device /dev/vg/home does not exist > > Restarting lvmetad does not help. Maybe systemd is not running even if it is > in > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: > > root@lynx:/root(14)# ps -ef | grep systemd > root 9017 8606 0 17:48 pts/0 00:00:00 grep --colour=auto systemd > > root@lynx:/root(17)# grep systemd /etc/default/grub > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="dolvm rootfstype=ext4 > real_init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" > root@lynx:/root(18)# ll /usr/lib/systemd/systemd > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1039560 Aug 13 15:36 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd* > > Should I file a separated bug? After reemerging the kernel with the systemd option the issue disapeared.
(In reply to Juergen Rose from comment #4) [...] > After reemerging the kernel with the systemd option the issue disapeared. This is invalid then (that kernel option is enabling the options that we tell people to enable in wiki page)
