[Ocfs2-users] How do I remove old devices

[Sunil Mushran]

Because that is a html doc. Click on the link and then select a mirror.
http://bvi.sourceforge.net/download.html

You could get the bin rpm too.

Philippe Andries wrote:
>
> Thanks Tao,
>
> But
>
> [root at erasme ~]# wget 
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bvi/bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz
> --11:02:29--  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bvi/bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz
>            => `bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz'
> Resolving prdownloads.sourceforge.net... 66.35.250.217
> Connecting to prdownloads.sourceforge.net|66.35.250.217|:80... connected.
> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
> Length: unspecified [text/html]
>
>     [  <=>                                ] 12,828        34.51K/s
>
> 11:02:30 (34.43 KB/s) - `bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz' saved [12828]
>
> [root at erasme ~]# tar zxvf bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> [root at erasme ~]# gunzip -c bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz | tar xv
>
> gunzip: bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz: not in gzip format
> [root at erasme ~]#
>
> I believe the file has a problem.
>
>        
> Philippe Andries
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tao.ma [mailto:tao.ma at oracle.com]
> Sent: vendredi 29 septembre 2006 10:58
> To: Philippe Andries
> Cc: 'ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com'
> Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] How do I remove old devices
>
>
> Please use:
> gunzip -c bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz | tar xv
> or tar zxvf bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz
>
> Philippe Andries wrote:
>
> >
> > Thanks for this info Sunil,
> >
> > But I run on Redhat AS 4 and bvi is not available immediately. I tried
> > to use the source, but the one available on
> > http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/bvi/bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz seem to
> > have a problem:
> >
> > When I run the gunzip command as told on the installation page of the
> > web site:
> >
> > [root at erasme ~]# gunzip -c bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz | tar xvf
> > gunzip: bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz: not in gzip format
> > tar: Old option `f' requires an argument.
> > Try `tar --help' for more information.
> > [root at erasme ~]#
> > [root at erasme ~]# gunzip -c bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz
> > gunzip: bvi-1.3.2.src.tar.gz: not in gzip format
> >
> > So I am stuck.  :-(
> >
> > Any other idea welcomed.  An other binary editor (could not find any
> > on redhat)? An other solution?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >       
> > Philippe Andries
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sunil Mushran [mailto:Sunil.Mushran at oracle.com]
> > Sent: jeudi 28 septembre 2006 19:22
> > To: Philippe Andries
> > Cc: 'ocfs2-users at oss.oracle.com'
> > Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-users] How do I remove old devices
> >
> >
> > ocfs2console just scans the partitions in /proc/partitions and looks
> > for the superblock on the 3rd block.
> >
> > Easiest would be to use bvi (or any binary editor), search for the
> > signature OCFSV2, and change it.
> >
> > # bvi -s 10240 /dev/sda1
> > /OCFSV2
> >
> > Philippe Andries wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > How do I remove 'ghost device' shown in ocfs2console
> > > I did a mistake while setting it my system formatting not to be
> > > formatted partition. But now after formating the correct one, and
> > > having my devices mounted and runnning, the old formated device are
> > > still shown in the windows of my console
> > > How can I removed them?
> > >
> > > Thanks in adavance for your assistance,
> > >
> > >
> > > Philippe Andries
> > >
> > >
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