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From: "Linda A. Walsh" <lvm@tlinx.org>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Renaming volumes and /proc/mounts
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:14:04 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <54B3662C.4080902@tlinx.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <549471E8.6060209@ubuntu.com>

Phillip Susi wrote:
> Is it possible to get /proc/mounts to update to the new name after
> doing an lvrename of a mounted volume?  It plays hell on update-grub
> when you rename a mounted volume and /proc/mounts still has the old name.
>   
lvrename can rename an actively mounted device?  Is it supposed
to do that?

That sounds a bit strange.  I mean if I rename a network device, I'd
have to take down the interface before renaming it.  I'd think with a
disk partition unmounting it would be, at least, prudent?  Is it really
not necessary?

  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-12  6:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-12-19 18:43 [linux-lvm] Renaming volumes and /proc/mounts Phillip Susi
2015-01-12  6:14 ` Linda A. Walsh [this message]
2015-01-13  1:55   ` Phillip Susi

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