I am running LVM2 with kernel 2.6.13.4 with these settings:
Code:
# Multi-device support (RAID and LVM)
#
CONFIG_MD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=m
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID0=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID1=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID10=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID5=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID6=m
CONFIG_MD_MULTIPATH=m
CONFIG_MD_FAULTY=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=m
CONFIG_DM_CRYPT=m
CONFIG_DM_SNAPSHOT=m
CONFIG_DM_MIRROR=m
CONFIG_DM_ZERO=m
CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH=m
CONFIG_DM_MULTIPATH_EMC=m
I have done nothing special other than
- installing device mapper and lvm2 from /testing
- created a disk partition with type 8E
- created a physical volume, then a volume group, then the logical volumes (and a vgscan somewhere inbetween).
I'd suggest that you recompile a kernel with the above settings, then we can go on step by step.