From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <199904271600.AA07879@mailgate1b.telekom.de> From: Heinz Mauelshagen Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Raw/Cahr devices Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:00:36 METDST In-Reply-To: <99Apr27.101317cdt.28406@firewall.sigg.com>; from "Chris Anderson" at Apr 27, 99 10:22 am Sender: owner-linux-lvm Errors-To: owner-linux-lvm List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: chris@alwan.com Cc: mge@u9ete.ez-darmstadt.telekom.de, linux-lvm@msede.com > > Can lvm create a Raw/Char devices? > > Not a blocked device. Much like a tape device. See below the > two(listing A). The first position shows what type of device it is. > > Informix and other database like to have char devices for database > space. > > > Listing A: > > crw-r----- 1 root disk 9, 1 Jul 18 1994 /dev/st1 > > brw-r----- 1 root disk 34, 73 Aug 18 1995 /dev/hdh9 > > > Thanks, > Chris Anderson > > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Systemmanagement C/S Deutsche Telekom AG Entwicklungszentrum Darmstadt Heinz Mauelshagen Otto-Roehm-Strasse 71c Senior Systems Engineer Postfach 10 05 41 64205 Darmstadt mge@ez-darmstadt.telekom.de Germany +49 6151 886-425 FAX-386 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-