If LVM reports “LVM error VG meta data inconsistent”, follow these steps to resolve it. Boot into Rescue mode. Restore VG metadata with: #lvm vgcfgrestore VG Rescan physical devices with: #lvm pvscan Rescan volume groups with: #lvm vgscan Finally, activate the volume group with: #lvm vgchange -ay VG
A new case let me add NVMe M.2 storage to my Raspberry Pi. Here is how I installed Raspberry Pi OS using rpi-imager from console mode.
After adding a hotplug-capable HDD to Linux, whether on a VM or physical machine, # fdisk -l may not show it until reboot. Rescanning SCSI can detect it without rebooting.
Newer Linux versions use UUIDs to identify hard disks instead of device names. This prevents the system from using the wrong disk when there is more than one and a disk fails or is removed…
