[CentOS] Centos 5.2 Install - lvcreate failed for ...

Robert Moskowitz rgm at htt-consult.com
Wed Jun 25 17:06:48 UTC 2008


Thanks, but...

Craig White wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 12:39 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>   
>> !st install of 5.2; system requires custom partitioning (Scalix mail 
>> server).
>>
>> Boot and Swap are hard partitions, rest of drive is LVM.
>>
>> In LVM, three ext3 partitions:  /, /home, /var/opt/scalix
>>
>> lvcreate failed for the last (named Scalix_02).  It was the last of the 
>> three partitions and used up the remainder of the LVM space.
>>
>> Now 'The Installer will now exit..." And all there is is a Reboot button.
>>
>> Any idea on what the real error is, how to find out more, what to try 
>> next?  It did take me a bit to walk through the packet selection.
>>
>> Next I will try to build a more normal system  :)
>>     
> ----
> switch to the appropriate virtual console...
>
> <Control><Alt><F3> # I think, it might be
>   
Shows the error:

createLogicalVolumes failed with lvcreate for Scalix_02
> <Control><Alt><F4>
>   
Some device-mapper messages.  Not imformative.





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