From: Steven Lembark <lembark@wrkhors.com>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Why vgscan not in kernel?
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 07:35:23 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <353310000.993472523@dizzy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010625142337.A20142@sistina.com>
>> upon boot, SCSI and IDE drivers check harddrives attached to the device
>> for partitions. Wouldn't it be better to have similar functionality
>> (scanning for VG's) for LVM in the kernel, instead of using a userland
>> command?
It is rather dangerous unless you have a separate kernel w/o LVM or
a boot option (e.g., -lm) that allows booting with LVM turned off.
Otherwise you can easily end up unable to reboot with a corrupt LVM
system.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-25 12:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-25 12:24 [linux-lvm] Why vgscan not in kernel? Dirk Heinrichs
2001-06-25 12:23 ` Heinz J. Mauelshagen
2001-06-25 12:35 ` Steven Lembark [this message]
2001-06-25 12:52 ` Dirk Heinrichs
2001-06-25 12:54 ` josv
2001-06-25 23:13 ` Heinz J. Mauelshagen
2001-06-26 0:28 ` Paul Jarc
2001-06-26 6:09 ` Dirk Heinrichs
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