From: David Vidal Rodriguez <vidalrod@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
To: linux-lvm@sistina.com
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Symbol not found when pvcreating...
Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:21:48 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B1234CC.CC273F94@in.tum.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20010528113839.J26710@sistina.com
>
> > Another --developer-- question:
> > I've looked at the LVM code and a structure called partition, #include'd
> > from <linux/genhd.h>, which contains the relevant information of a
> > partition. What I don't understand is how to get this information from
> > the kernel/drive (syscall, ioctl???). I'd be glad if somebody explained
> > that to me briefly.
>
> That's just needed for the generic disk interface.
> It doesn't make any sense to create a partition table on a logical volume.
What I meant is how to get the partition data, such as partition id, start, end,
etc., from a _real_ partition (you have get it in order to know if we are
initializing a PV on a partition marked as 0x8E). That sounds a bit off-topic, I
know...
Cheers,
--
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David Vidal R. (vidalrod <at> in DOT tum DOT de)
http://dvr.ismad.com
"Ein Computer ohne Windows ist wie ein Fisch ohne Fahrrad."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-05-28 11:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-05-25 15:38 [linux-lvm] Symbol not found when pvcreating David Vidal Rodriguez
2001-05-28 11:38 ` Heinz J. Mauelshagen
2001-05-28 11:21 ` David Vidal Rodriguez [this message]
2001-05-28 16:07 ` Heinz J. Mauelshagen
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