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From: John Rowe <rowe@excc.ex.ac.uk>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Is LVM safe?
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:00:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1119279649.18965.24.camel@volt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050620144233.GB12491@null.msp.redhat.com>


> > Yes, it's easy. You just need a kernel with DM-Support and the 

> But this is similar to what
> happens if the partition table gets busted on a normal disk.

So the previous poster's "Yes" actually means "No". And a broken
partition table will zap a disk with an LVM partition too won't it? So
the bottom line is that if I want to move an LVM partition to a
different system I have to hold my breath and pray. 

The idea that a disk partition needs Unix file to be able to read it is
absolutely astonishing.

John

  reply	other threads:[~2005-06-20 15:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-06-20 12:02 [linux-lvm] Is LVM safe? John Rowe
2005-06-20 13:17 ` Rainer Krienke
2005-06-20 13:26   ` Erik Ohrnberger
2005-06-20 13:35     ` Andy Smith
2005-06-20 13:49   ` John Rowe
2005-06-20 14:09     ` Philipp Riegger
2005-06-20 14:34       ` John Rowe
2005-06-20 14:42       ` AJ Lewis
2005-06-20 15:00         ` John Rowe [this message]
2005-06-20 15:12           ` AJ Lewis
2005-06-20 15:27             ` John Rowe
2005-06-20 15:45               ` AJ Lewis
2005-06-20 16:10           ` Eric Hopper

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