From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [10.33.0.40] (breeves.fab.redhat.com [10.33.0.40]) by pobox.fab.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m2JDW8pe002605 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:32:08 -0400 Message-ID: <47E113C4.1050503@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:23:16 +0000 From: "Bryn M. Reeves" MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Characters allowed for vg name References: In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: LVM general discussion and development -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gerrard Geldenhuis wrote: > Hi > > I have a kickstart file which fails if I use an - character in the > vgname. Using a _ works fine. I did not see any reference to allowable > characters in the man pages. The man pages only makes mention off > allowable characters for tags. > > Does anybody know what the allowable characters are for vg, pv and lv names? The '-' character is allowed: # vgrename t0 t0-foo Volume group "t0" successfully renamed to "t0-foo" Sounds like this is the installer enforcing an additional restriction. What distribution/version are you using? Regards, Bryn. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH4RPE6YSQoMYUY94RAmfaAJ9ogAt9lRovgG+DvcGchebhl5BdTQCfTG+T MIBhZhsiADR5+FWUugXZtj0= =s/6+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----