In trying to extend a volume I get the following error:
mockingbird ~ # lvextend -v -L400G /dev/vg00/data
Finding volume group vg00
Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 22).
Extending logical volume data to 400.00 GB
Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 23).
Found volume group "vg00"
Found volume group "vg00"
Loading vg00-data table
device-mapper: reload ioctl failed: Invalid argument
Failed to suspend data
The following show in /var/log/messages:
Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: device 8:5 too small
for target
Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: table: 254:5: linear:
dm-linear: Device lookup failed
Jan 13 11:23:30 mockingbird device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to
table
Machine is sync'd and up-to-date. Emerge --depclean & revdep-rebuild
come back clean.
Other pertinent info:
mockingbird ~ # uname -a
Linux mockingbird 2.6.26-gentoo-r3 #6 Thu Jan 8 13:00:01 MST 2009 i686
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2800+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
mockingbird ~ # pvdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda5
VG Name vg00
PV Size 500.00 GB / not usable 3.81 MB
Allocatable yes
PE Size (KByte) 4096
Total PE 127999
Free PE 106239
Allocated PE 21760
PV UUID eq8G5G-va5U-dF9I-i0q8-PFc5-oLrq-767XVk
mockingbird ~ # vgdisplay
--- Volume group ---
VG Name vg00
System ID
Format lvm2
Metadata Areas 1
Metadata Sequence No 22
VG Access read/write
VG Status resizable
MAX LV 0
Cur LV 6
Open LV 6
Max PV 0
Cur PV 1
Act PV 1
VG Size 500.00 GB
PE Size 4.00 MB
Total PE 127999
Alloc PE / Size 21760 / 85.00 GB
Free PE / Size 106239 / 415.00 GB
VG UUID 97vsli-KlDD-VhYS-dWq0-Nw9m-smF0-1uuj60
