From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM2 snapshots on root fs
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:17:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040907181748.GD6264@agk.surrey.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040907110330.GE2689@server.klaube.net>
On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 01:03:30PM +0200, Thomas Klaube wrote:
> Whenever I try to create a LVM (version 2) snapshot of the lvm
> containing the root fs my machine crashes. I am using SuSE 9.1 (kernel
We don't support pvmove or snapshots of volumes used by the tools themselves.
It is possible to snapshot the root volume, but the method is probably
distribution-specific. Certain changes to the tools may make it easier
to support: a general parameterised script might be possible.
Alasdair
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agk@redhat.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-07 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-09-07 11:03 [linux-lvm] LVM2 snapshots on root fs Thomas Klaube
2004-09-07 18:17 ` Alasdair G Kergon [this message]
2004-09-07 18:26 ` Brian J. Murrell
2004-09-08 11:58 ` Thomas Klaube
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