[linux-lvm] Missing volume group device

[langelino]

Alasdair G Kergon wrote:

>On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 12:43:35PM -0500, David Mohr wrote:
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>>On Fri, 2004-10-15 at 19:00, langelino wrote:
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>>>[root]# ls -l /dev/vg*
>>>ls: /dev/vg*: No such file or directory
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>>Just a guess, but what about vgmknodes?
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Great. This was it. Thanks! This command appears to be a bit
hidden. It's neither mentioned in the lvm-howto nor in the lvm2 man-page.

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>And LVM2 tools ignore any '/dev/' prefix anyway in this
>context - 'lvresize vg01/lvol1' is sufficient.
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Well, yes but if one wants to shrink the filesystem on a logical volume
the tools to do so, like "resize_reiserfs", expect afaik a proper device.

Matt