From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 10:11:57 +0200 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] how to determine if /dev/... is an LV? Message-ID: <20010823101157.B13671@sistina.com> References: <20010822034425.F8742@pc.ilinx> <20010822164325.A1216@dardhal.mired.net> <20010822110154.O8742@pc.ilinx> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20010822110154.O8742@pc.ilinx>; from dd92f55e6b3d2ae402d737983f92a268@interlinx.bc.ca on Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:01:54AM -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 11:01:54AM -0400, Brian J. Murrell wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 04:43:26PM +0000, Jos=E9 Luis Domingo L=F3pez w= rote: > > On Wednesday, 22 August 2001, at 03:44:25 -0400, > > Brian J. Murrell wrote: > >=20 > > > Hi all, > > > [...] > > > Also, is there any relationship between the output from the lvdispl= ay > > > and the minor number for the device? >=20 > [ snip ] >=20 > > Hope it helps. Regards, >=20 > Well I do apreciate your efforts (thanx!), but no, it doesn't. You > told me everything I already knew but nothing of what I didn't. :-) > What I mean is what is the relationship of the MINOR number to LVs. # lvdisplay /dev/vg00/u1 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/vg00/u1 Block device 58:0 The last line of the lvdisplay output contains the block major:minor numb= ers. Internally the LVM driver uses a minor number addressed table (today) to = access a particular LVs in core meteadata. >=20 > b. >=20 > --=20 > Brian J. Murrell >=20 > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html --=20 Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D= -=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-=3D-= =3D-=3D-