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
next prev parent 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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