Tom,
>If anybody has any ideas what is going on and how to fix the problem I
would
>appreciate the assistance. Or point me to documention on thei problem.
Here's an *idea* (I'm sure you've googled for "invalidate: busy buffer"):
- Carve out another VM ID pointing to the same DASDs that comprise the
logical volume.
- Log off the ID with the failing Linux
- Install a different distro on the new ID. I'd suggest SLES-8. Don't
worry about LVM DASDs for the install.
- When you have a clean install, add the LVM DASDs interactively and to
/etc/zipl.conf; run zipl
- Reboot and watch Linux come up - hopefully /etc/init.d/bootl.vm and the
new kernel will be able to make better sense of the logical volume
- Report your findings here
-Mike MacIsaac, IBM mikemac at us.ibm.com (845) 433-7061
