A small contribution, perhaps unnecessary. To change the size of a lvs with lvreduce or lvextend is important to use the resize2fs and e2fsck command. Good luck in solving the problem
On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote: > csanyi...@gmail.com a écrit : > > > > I want to create one LV for /usr and one LV for /var. > > But I can't create a LV with: > > # lvcreate --size 10.10G -n usr bubba > > Rounding up size to full physical extent 10.10 GiB > > /dev/bubba/usr: not found: device not cleared > > Aborting. Failed to wipe start of new LV. > > semid 1114120: semop failed for cookie 0xd4d6ff6: incorrect > > semaphore state > > Failed to set a proper state for notification semaphore > > identified by cookie value 223178742 (0xd4d6ff6) to initialize > > waiting for incoming notifications. > > > > I don't understand why can't create a new LV with this command abowe? > > Never had this error before. From a quick search, it may be related to > hotplug/udev event processing. In which environment are you running this > command ? What happens if you add the option --noudevsync ? > > > And don't understand why is successful following command? > > # lvcreate -vvv --size 10.10G -n usr bubba > > -v just increases the verbosity, so it should not have any effect on > success or failure. > > > I search on Internet and found another solution: > > # lvcreate -Zn --size 10.10G -n usr bubba > > Rounding up size to full physical extent 10.10 GiB > > WARNING: "bubba/usr" not zeroed > > Logical volume "usr" created > > semid 1146888: semop failed for cookie 0xd4d9b50: incorrect > > semaphore state > > Failed to set a proper state for notification semaphore > > identified by cookie value 223189840 (0xd4d9b50) to initialize > > waiting for incoming notifications. > > That's not a solution, just a workaround to avoid the wiping error. > > > Can I use now this newly created LV to make on it an ext4 filesystem > > despite the fact that it is not zeroed? > > Yes, if it is created correctly and active. Check with lvs, lvdisplay. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5586cc60.5090...@plouf.fr.eu.org > > -- Gustavo Soares de Lima
