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Date: Mon Dec 15 17:19:02 2003
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Luca Berra wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:57:20AM -0800, Stuart Felenstein wrote:
>
>>   I  think  you may be off here.  It was RedHat9 that gave me the option
>>   of using LVM.
>
>
> i said _devfs_ is not supported,
> _lvm_ is.
>
>>   I've  gone  to  the  2.4.23 kernel with devfs and lvm support.  I know
>>   there  is alot or a good amount of controvery around devfs but I think
>>   I'll ride it out and see how it works for me.
>>
> lvm1 tools do have a problem with switching from devfs to non-devfs,
> and vice-versa since they use /proc/partitions to find pvs, and do write
> the pv name in the metadata. (read the list archives for the gory
> details)
>
> L.
>
>
I have looked for this info, and haven't foud a conclusive answer. Is 
there a recipe (no matter how convoluted) for migrating from a devfs+lvm 
system to a non-devfs lvm system?

-Tupshin