LVM is not, itself, a filesystem. You'll still have to tell mount what type
of filesystem has been created on the disk; ext2/3, reiser, iso9660, or
whatever. The system is telling you this when it says "You must specify the
filesystem type".
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On 9/12/07 5:49 AM, "Bertil Starck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to migrate LVM-disks from SLES8 to SLES10, but using Yast in
> SLES10 to mount the LVM disks will not work.
>
> This is the message in Yast:
>
> "Error
> Failure occurred during following action:
> Mounting /dev/vg00/vg00 to /slask2
>
> System error code was: -3003
>
> mount -t none /dev/vg00/vg00 /slask2
> mount: unknown filesystem type 'none"
>
>
> Just typing in the mount-command will get this:
>
> cslinux03:~ # mount /dev/vg00/vg00 /slask2
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
>
> This is how I exported the LVM-disk from SLES8:
>
> lnx1:~ # pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/dasd/0154/part1" of VG "vg00" [20 MB / 12
> MB free]
> pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/dasd/0155/part1" of VG "vg00" [20 MB / 12
> MB free]
> pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/dasd/0156/part1" of VG "vg00" [20 MB / 12
> MB free]
>
> lnx1:~ # vgchange -a n vg00
> vgchange -- volume group "vg00" successfully deactivated
>
> lnx1:~ # vgexport vg00
> vgexport -- volume group "vg00" sucessfully exported
>
>
> lnx1:~ # pvscan
> pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/dasd/0154/part1" is in EXPORTED VG "vg00" [20
> MB / 12 MB free]
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/dasd/0155/part1" is in EXPORTED VG "vg00" [20
> MB / 12 MB free]
> pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/dasd/0156/part1" is in EXPORTED VG "vg00" [20
> MB / 12 MB free]
>
>
> lnx1:~ # lvscan
> lvscan -- no volume groups found
>
> lnx1:~ # vgscan
> vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
> vgscan -- found exported volume group "vg00PV_EXP"
>
>
>
> Now in SLES10:
>
> cslinux03:~ # uname -r
> 2.6.16.21-0.8-default
> cslinux03:~ # pvscan
> PV /dev/dasdi1 is in exported VG vg00 [20.00 MB / 12.00 MB free]
> PV /dev/dasdj1 is in exported VG vg00 [20.00 MB / 12.00 MB free]
> PV /dev/dasdk1 is in exported VG vg00 [20.00 MB / 12.00 MB free]
>
> cslinux03:~ # vgimport vg00
> Volume group "vg00" successfully imported
>
>
> As I do not see the /dev/vg00 I enter Yast to add the Volume Group and
> add the Physical Volume and the add the Logical Volumes that now appear as
> /dev/vg00/vg00 to a mountpoint as /slask2.
>
> But I am not able to mount the LVM-disk as expected!
> Anyone having hints in this case?
>
>
>
> Med Vänlig Hälsning / Best Regards
>
> Bertil Starck
> Handelsbanken
> CDTI-O
> tel: +46 8 701 22 51
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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