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Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Apparently, though unproven, at 19:39 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine |
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> thusly: |
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> [snip] |
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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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root@fireball / # pvcreate /dev/sdb |
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Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created |
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root@fireball / # |
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Step one done. It didn't puke on my keyboard. lol |
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Now to see what else I can get into. Not going to put anything |
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important on it tho. Just a temporary thing right now. Just getting my |
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feet wet. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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