From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
To: Marius Vollmer <marius.vollmer@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-lvm@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Identifying useable block devices
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:49:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140115154911.GB31790@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zjmxzmga.fsf@red.mvo.lan>
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 10:19:33AM +0200, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> How can a program tell that only /dev/mapper/TEST-thin can really be
> used as a block device, and the rest should be ignored?
/dev/mapper is meant only for internal use.
Use /dev/$vg/$lv instead (in the case of LVM).
Internal LVs shouldn't appear there.
Alasdair
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-01-15 15:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-01-15 8:19 [linux-lvm] Identifying useable block devices Marius Vollmer
2014-01-15 15:49 ` Alasdair G Kergon [this message]
2014-01-15 16:17 ` Oliver Rath
2014-01-15 20:24 ` Anatoly Pugachev
2014-01-16 1:32 ` Paul B. Henson
2014-01-16 5:42 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-16 21:03 ` Paul B. Henson
2014-01-17 7:54 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-17 9:29 ` Karel Zak
2014-01-17 9:53 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-16 6:04 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-17 10:02 ` Marius Vollmer
2014-01-17 13:35 ` Marius Vollmer
2014-01-20 11:52 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-20 11:49 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-20 12:02 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-22 9:23 ` Marius Vollmer
2014-01-23 11:42 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-23 12:35 ` Marius Vollmer
2014-01-24 13:24 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-24 13:29 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-24 14:39 ` Marius Vollmer
2014-01-24 15:02 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-27 7:37 ` Marius Vollmer
2014-01-24 14:50 ` Marius Vollmer
2014-01-24 15:08 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-24 15:17 ` Zdenek Kabelac
2014-01-24 15:20 ` Peter Rajnoha
2014-01-22 9:02 ` Marius Vollmer
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