From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id iAJJXVr03457 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:33:31 -0500 Received: from conterra.de (vvv.conterra.de [212.124.44.162]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id iAJJXP3d005403 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:33:25 -0500 Received: from mail (unknown [192.168.2.18]) by conterra.de (-) with ESMTP id C9A913C8036 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:33:19 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <419E4A7F.9000802@conterra.de> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:33:19 +0100 From: Dieter Stueken MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [linux-lvm] device mapper Q Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development maybe this is more dm related than LVM2, but I could not finger out where to find more info/help.... after I turned to LVM2, I noticed, that the VG-specific subdirectory below /dev// now contains symlinks to /dev/mapper/- devices. Those devices also appear as /dev/dm- again. Q: who creates those links? For any reason I'm missing one of these link. Should I create it by hand? If mounting an LV, which path should I prefer? I used to use EXT2 labels and entered the LVs to the /etc/fstab using LABEL=. With LVM2/DM the kernel now locates them as /dev/dm_ instead of /dev//. Does it matter? Is there any more DM background information around besides http://sources.redhat.com/dm/, or do I have to analyze the C-code to learn more about it? Dieter. -- Dieter St�ken, con terra GmbH, M�nster stueken@conterra.de http://www.conterra.de/ (0)251-7474-501