Install Problem: "Unable to create volume group at /usr/bin/proxmoxinstall line 534"

[wnpaul]

We are getting this message when trying to install PVE 1.5 on a machine where the install worked once already.

Any idea what causes it? That would help us troubleshoot it.

First we thought it was a bad disk and swapped disks, but the next disk had the same problem. Then we thought of controller trouble, but a CentOS install went through fine.

This is on an Intel mainboard with 1GB SATA drives (no raid).

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[tom]

Re: Install Problem: "Unable to create volume group at /usr/bin/proxmoxinstall line 5

do you use the latest 1.5 ISO?

I also remember one test machine (a 3 years old intel desktop board) doesn´t work with 2.6.18. A mainboard bios upgrade solved it, I was very surprised.

 

[dietmar]

Re: Install Problem: "Unable to create volume group at /usr/bin/proxmoxinstall line 5

Is there a second disk in that server which already contains a volume group named 'pve' (from an old installation)?