[Xen-devel] partion

[Deepak Kandhare <winlinfix@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi all,

 

i have reinstalled linux i kept free 17 gb space.

i have created 4gb partition by fdisk with LVM options.

 

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40060403712 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4870 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1276        2550    10241437+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3            4740        4870     1052257+  82  Linux swap
/dev/sda4            2551        3037     3911827+   5  Extended

i am able to see /dev/sda4 my new partition.

when i tried to create

 pvcreate /dev/vg01/vol01
  Device /dev/sda4 not found.
i am getting evice not found error.

 

when i tried to fdisk /dev/sda4

 fdisk /dev/sda4

Unable to read /dev/sda4

when i tried fdisk /dev/sda

i press t

for change lvm

Command (m for help): t
Partition number (1-5): 4
Hex code (type L to list codes): 8e
You cannot change a partition into an extended one or vice versa
Delete it first.

 

i got this message.

i tried to delete and create partition but same error.

 

i have 17 GB free space on disk let me know what is the causing this problem.

 

 

Thank you,

 

Deepak

 

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