Changes between Version 45 and Version 46 of FAQ

Timestamp:

Oct 6, 2008, 5:06:54 PM (17 years ago)

Author:

René Ribaud

Comment:

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FAQ

@@ -57 +57 @@
 == Q6/ Does mondorescue handle LVM2 ? ==
   ''Answer reported by Klaus Ade Johnstad <klaus_at_skolelinux.no>.'' 
-  Short answer is Yes. 
-  Now if you encounter a problem with it, it might be due to the fact that older versions of mondorescue didn't support correctly the usage of 
+  '''Short answer is Yes'''. 
+  * Now if you encounter a problem with it, it might be due to the fact that older versions of mondorescue didn't support correctly the usage of 
   /dev/mapper/vg*. So you needed to adapt your /etc/fstab in order to make mondorescue happy, as here: 
 
@@ -70 +70 @@
   /dev/vg_system/lv_usr /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 
   /dev/vg_system/lv_var /var ext3 defaults 0 2 
+  }}}
+
+
+  * Another problem, LVM pvcreate can't be done and exit with an error about filter.
+  This is the same issue as reperted here : ''http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=540752''
+
+  /etc/lvm/lvm.conf by default in Ubuntu and RHEL 4.0 (maybe others distro) contains the following line:
+
+  {{{
+  filter = [ "a|/dev/hd[ab]|", "r/.*/" ]
+  }}}
+
+  This either needs to be changed to:
+
+  {{{ 
+  filter = [ "a|/dev/[hs]d[ab]|", "r/.*/" ]
+  }}}
+
+  or
+
+  {{{
+  # filter = [ "a|/dev/hd[ab]|", "r/.*/" ] (i.e. commented out)
   }}}
 
@@ -349 +371 @@
   You may be using a default minimum blocksize for RAM disks of 4k (Fedora kernel 2.6.18* and higher, e.g., RHEL5, ...) so try to add ramdisk_blocksize=1024 to your boot command at boot prompt of isolinux when booting your mondorescue media.
 For example:
+
 {{{
 boot: interactive ramdisk_blocksize=1024