From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:15:16 +0200 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvcreate contiguous flag question Message-ID: <20010910131516.D31313@sistina.com> References: <3B9BD5BD.6060606@ida.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3B9BD5BD.6060606@ida.xs4all.nl>; from lists@ida.xs4all.nl on Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 10:49:01PM +0200 Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 10:49:01PM +0200, Jorg de Jong wrote: > Hi, > > I created a lv with the option --contiguous y. > But since my disks are rather full the created lv was NOT contiguous. > > Strange. > > If I try to change the allocation policy from contiguous to next free and to > contiugues again for this lv, it will fail. It will only let me set it to > next free. This makes sence since the lv is already fragmented. > > But why is a newly created lv that has a allocation policy contiguous > but is fragmented non the less not reset to next free ? Or not created at all ? It shouldn't be silently created next free. Will check the code... > > regards, > > Jorg de Jong. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-