I think this is an easy one. I added some dasd a couple weeks ago. My notes show that I didn't do it manually, I used Yast (so I should have been convered<G>).
Then I created a LVM over the 5 volumes, again thru Yast. Started using LVM and everything was great. Yesterday, I did the first reboot of this machine since I added the dasd. Well, the boot fails with: Activating LVM volume groups... No volume groups found ..skipped Checking file systems... fsck 1.34 (25-Jul-2003) Checking all file systems. [/sbin/fsck.reiserfs (1) -- /use] fsck.reiserfs -a /dev/dasdb1 Reiserfs super block in block 16 on 0x0 of format 3.6 with standard journal Blocks (total/free): 600816/592586 by 4096 bytes Filesystem is clean Replaying journal.. Reiserfs journal '/dev/dasdb1' in blocks [18..8211]: 0 transactions replayed Checking internal tree..finished [/sbin/fsck.reiserfs (1) -- /data1] fsck.reiserfs -a /dev/system/lvmdata1 Failed to open the device '/dev/system/lvmdata1': No such device or address Warning... fsck.reiserfs for device /dev/system/lvmdata1 exited with signal 6. A cat /proc/dasd/devices does not show the 5 volumes. A cat /etc/zipl.conf doesn't (no longer in sles9) show the volumes linux knows about. Apparently it is dynamically sensing the devices. The big difference in Sles8 vs Sles9, is now we have to "activate" dasd prior to dasdfmt, etc. I think all I need to do is: 1. manually activate the dasd 2. update some file to show these volumes should be activated. Anyway, I'm now at: fsck failed. Please repair manually and reboot. The root file system is currently mounted read-only. To remount it read-write do: bash# mount -n -o remount,rw / Attention: Only CONTROL-D will reboot the system in this maintanance mode. shutdown or reboot will not work. Give root password for login: Which means, my only access is via 3270 console (no IP connections have been started). And only dasda1 is mounted. So, how do I manually "activate" dasd? Assuming that was the problem. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
