[linux-lvm] LVM and Windows

[linux-lvm] LVM and Windows

[Lin Shen (lshen)]

If I format a FAT file system on top of a logic volume created by using
LVM, will this be accessible from Windows? In other words, does Windows
understand LVM?

Lin

Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and Windows

[Mitch Miller]

Are you talking about accessing it via Samba?  Samba can share 
filesystems of any format (that I know of), and Windows can connect to 
Samba shares.

Does that answer your question?

-- Mitch


Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:

>If I format a FAT file system on top of a logic volume created by using
>LVM, will this be accessible from Windows? In other words, does Windows
>understand LVM?
>
>Lin
>
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>  
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Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and Windows

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:

> If I format a FAT file system on top of a logic volume created by using
> LVM, will this be accessible from Windows? In other words, does Windows
> understand LVM?

Short answer: No

Long answer: Windows doesn't understand Linux LVM.  However, it doesn't
need to if:

 a) You are running Windows in a virtual machine with the LV as a virtual disk.
    (i.e. VMWare)
 b) You are accessing files in the LV via a network file system such as CIFS.
    (i.e. samba)

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    Business Management Systems Inc.  Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
"Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" - background song for
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RE: [linux-lvm] LVM and Windows

[Lin Shen (lshen)]

I'm not talking about Samba. If I create a FAT file system on top of
logic volume on a piece of Compact Flash in a Linux box, can I pull out
the Compact Flash and insert it into a Windows box and use it? I know
this should work if the FAT file system is created on a hard partition
instead of a logic volume?

Lin 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com 
> [mailto:linux-lvm-bounces@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mitch Miller
> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 3:58 PM
> To: LVM general discussion and development
> Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and Windows
> 
> Are you talking about accessing it via Samba?  Samba can 
> share filesystems of any format (that I know of), and Windows 
> can connect to Samba shares.
> 
> Does that answer your question?
> 
> -- Mitch
> 
> 
> Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:
> 
> >If I format a FAT file system on top of a logic volume 
> created by using 
> >LVM, will this be accessible from Windows? In other words, 
> does Windows 
> >understand LVM?
> >
> >Lin
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >linux-lvm mailing list
> >linux-lvm@redhat.com
> >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> >read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> linux-lvm@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm
> read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> 

RE: [linux-lvm] LVM and Windows

[Stuart D. Gathman]

On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:

> I'm not talking about Samba. If I create a FAT file system on top of
> logic volume on a piece of Compact Flash in a Linux box, can I pull out
> the Compact Flash and insert it into a Windows box and use it? I know
> this should work if the FAT file system is created on a hard partition
> instead of a logic volume?

Short answer: no

Long answer: While Windows does not directly understand Linux LVM, there are
ways to hide LVM from Windows via another software layer, for e.g. a 
virtual machine or a driver.  So depending on what exactly you mean by "Windows
box", you could be able to read the LV.  But a bare metal unmodified install of
Windows can not read the LV.

-- 
	      Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@bmsi.com>
    Business Management Systems Inc.  Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154
"Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" - background song for
a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial.

[linux-lvm] LVM and windows

[Whiskyfizz]

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Hello all !

If you have the time, here is my problem for which I was not able to find a solution on the 
internet. I have installed the following operating systems on my machine (noted M1) : 
windows (version xp professional), openfiler (version 2.3), debian (version 5.0.6), ubuntu 
server (version 8.04.4) and freenas (version 0.7.2.5543 on a usb stick). I have also a large 
hard disk drive of 1 Tb on which I created a LVM under openfiler. Then, from another 
machine of the network with windows xp, I formatted this LVM in NTFS. I can access it from 
the latter machine, but this is not what I want to do. I would like to be able to access it from 
M1. Unfortunately, on M1, when choosing windows at the boot menu, and going to disk 
management, I can see the drive but I was not able to access and mount it. I tried Explore
NFS and Explorer2FS, but nothing happens. Is there a way to achieve what I want ? If so,
would you agree to share it with me ?

Thanks in advance for your time.

Best regards.

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