Re: [linux-lvm] LVM and devfs

[Luca Berra <bluca comedia it>]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 11:57:20AM -0800, Stuart Felenstein wrote:
>   I  think  you may be off here.  It was RedHat9 that gave me the option
>   of using LVM.

i said _devfs_ is not supported,
_lvm_ is.

>   I've  gone  to  the  2.4.23 kernel with devfs and lvm support.  I know
>   there  is alot or a good amount of controvery around devfs but I think
>   I'll ride it out and see how it works for me.
lvm1 tools do have a problem with switching from devfs to non-devfs,
and vice-versa since they use /proc/partitions to find pvs, and do write
the pv name in the metadata. (read the list archives for the gory
details)

L.


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