F10: something broken with lvm

Gerry Reno greno at verizon.net
Wed Apr 22 19:47:18 UTC 2009


Gerry Reno wrote:
> We just upgraded a number of machines to F10 and after a few weeks 
> I've noticed something wrong with lvm.  Some of our inhouse scripts 
> are breaking that deal with lvm.  When I look at /etc/fstab and mount 
> I see entries what used to look like:
> /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 /                      ext3    
> defaults        1 1
> getting changed to this:
> /dev/dm-3   /                     ext3   defaults      1 1
>
>
>
> Where does this '/dev/dm-3' device come from?  I don't find it 
> referenced in any of the lvm tool outputs.  Whatever caused this 
> change to happen please revert this back to just listing lv's in 
> normal lvm parlance please.  These mysterious changes are breaking 
> things and are a complete nuisance.  How do we go about undoing these 
> changes and how do we prevent this from happening again?
>
>
> Regards,
> Gerry
>
No one responded to this inquiry and these mysterious changes continue 
to happen.  How can we prevent this from happening?

Regards,
Gerry




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