Tag Archives: LVM

Linux: LVM – pvcreate Device /dev/sdb4 excluded by a filter.

9 March 2019
 

 During new Linux set up – suddenly got a weird message. It happen just because of my carelessness and haste. Let’s create new partition: [simterm] [root@archiso ~]# pvcreate /dev/sdb4 Device /dev/sdb4 excluded by a filter. [/simterm] Check new partition size: [simterm] [root@archiso ~]# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 476.7M… Read More »

Arch Linux: grub-mkconfig hangs on the /boot/grub/grub.cfg config generation

23 February 2019
 

  During new Arch Linux set up grub-mkconfig suddenly hangs on creating new /boot/grub/grub.cfg. No warnings, no errors. Thanks to this>>> googled discussion – it worked for me. So the issue looks like next: [simterm] [root@archiso boot]# grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg ^C [/simterm] Check the /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig script for every /dev/null redirects: [simterm] [root@archiso boot]# cat /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig… Read More »