From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:23:54 +0200 From: Adrien Farkas Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] ERROR -6 activating volume group Message-ID: <19990713172354.A9172@redneck.sk.oracle.com> Reply-To: freddy@sk.oracle.com References: <882567AD.0053E773.00@sv-gw1.stsv.seagate.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <882567AD.0053E773.00@sv-gw1.stsv.seagate.com>; from Steve_J_Brueggeman@notes.seagate.com on Tue, Jul 13, 1999 at 10:11:53AM -0500 Sender: owner-linux-lvm Errors-To: owner-linux-lvm List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Steve_J_Brueggeman@notes.seagate.com Cc: linux-lvm@msede.com Steve_J_Brueggeman@notes.seagate.com (Steve_J_Brueggeman@notes.seagate.com) wrote : > It looks like you may have compiled LVM as a module, but do not have it > loaded, or else, your group char device file /dev/vg00/group has > not been created correctly. yes, it's compiled as a module, that's right. one more (huh) thing to mention, usage count for LVM modules is _decreased_ after _each_ vgchange, so it's -6 right now. > I'd strongly suspect that you do not have your module loaded, as this is > the most common problem. I do, check ^^^ > If you want your lvm.o module loaded automatically by kerneld, add the > following lines to your /etc/conf.modules file > alias block-major-58 lvm > alias char-major-109 lvm that's done, that's okay with me. -- freddy ----==-- _ Adrien "freddy" Farkas ---==---(_)__ __ ____ __ freddy@sk.oracle.com --==---/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / We all know Linux is great... It -=====/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ does infinite loops in 5 seconds