On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:02:54AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 22:10 +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 05:37:58PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 16:17 +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > > > > Package: linux-2.6 > > > > Version: 2.6.32-9 > > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Going from 2.6.30 to 2.6.32, I can no longer mount my LVM-based > > > > partition on my secondary harddisk, I get the following error when I try > > > > to run e.g. vgchange: > > > > > > > > nighthawk~$ LANG=C sudo vgchange -a y > > > > 2 logical volume(s) in volume group "nighthawk" now active > > > > device-mapper: resume ioctl failed: Invalid argument > > > > Unable to resume data-data (254:3) > > > > 1 logical volume(s) in volume group "data" now active > > > > nighthawk~$ sudo mount /dev/mapper/data-data /mnt > > > > mount: /dev/mapper/data-data already mounted or /mnt busy > > > > > > > > This is the corresponding kernel error in syslog: > > > > > > > > Apr 18 15:17:02 nighthawk kernel: [ 20.713326] device-mapper: table: > > > > 254:3: hdc too small for target: start=384, len=78135296, > > > > dev_size=71762930 > > > > > > > > It turns out this is because contrary to linux-image-2.6.30-2-686, > > > > 2.6.32 does not disable HPA: > > > [...] > > > > > > Is there a partition table on /dev/hdc? > > > > No, it seems to be a direct LVM image/partition which spans the whole > > disk. > > Then I don't know why the HPA was disabled previously. It should not be > disabled by default as some BIOSes will overwrite data in the HPA in > some circumstances (possibly only on matched HDs). There is a > workaround for cases where an HD was partitioned while the HPA was > disabled: if a partition is found to extend into the HPA then it will > automatically be disabled. > > You should be able to disable the HPA for this disk by following these > steps: > > 1. Create a file under /etc/modprobe.d containing the lines: > options ide_core nohpa=1.0 > options libata ignore_hpa=1 > 2. Run 'update-initramfs -u -k 2.6.32-3-686' > 3. Reboot
Thanks, that has worked fine. I guess it was my fault to create the PV without caring about the partitioning, but this was a standard ThinkPad harddisk I wanted to put into use as a secondary harddrive and which I just ran lvm2 on - I didn't expect HPA to intefere (nor did I know what it was). Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100419135032.ga5...@nighthawk.chemicalconnection.dyndns.org
