[linux-lvm] Can we make char files not blocked for the volumes

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

Please have a look at the rawio support for Linux.
This enables you to create raw devices for every block device in the system
including the LVM ones.

Heinz

> Can lvm create char devices not blocked for the volumes?
> 
> Did a listing in the volume group dir.  Note the char device file
> (group).  How can we make the other files / volumes the same.  Informix
> wants char devices not blocked.  I seem to note that linux does not
> really treat them different but...
> 
> $ ls -l
> 
> crw-r-----   1 root     root     109,   0 Jan 29 18:46 group
> brw-rw----   1 informix informix  58,   1 Jan 29 19:10 infx_data1
> brw-rw----   1 informix informix  58,   0 Jan 29 19:09 infx_root
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>    Chris Anderson
>     chris at alwan.com
> 
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