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Apparently, though unproven, at 19:39 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine |
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> Yea, I didn't type that in the way I meant it. PV is the bottom level, |
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> then VG goes on top of that then the LV. I think I am typing that in |
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> right. Basically, I create the PV first, then the VG then the LV. < |
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> scratches head a bit> I think I get it but may need better wording. |
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Nah, you got it already ;-) |
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> > The kernel sees /dev/mapper/<whatever> as just another block device (aka |
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> > something it can mkfs) |
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> So when I get ready to make a file system, say ext3, then it would be |
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> mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/<whatever>. Then it would be ready to put stuff on. |
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Yup. You'll have to poke around /dev/ a bit to see how your udev does it today |
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but you got the gist of it |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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