[linux-lvm] strange logical volume issue

messmate messmate at free.fr
Tue Jan 11 17:35:30 UTC 2005


On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:24:11 +0000
Alasdair G Kergon <agk at redhat.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Jan 10, 2005 at 11:42:40PM +0100, messmate wrote:
>> there is somewhat strange with a lv of mine: lv_usr-local.
>> Marked as /dev/mapper/vg1_hda1-lv_usr--local    and
>> as /dev/vg1_hda/lv_usr-local  !
> 
>> See the (-) differences.
>
>A hyphen in the name in /dev/mapper separates the volume
>group name from the logical volume name.
>
That's right. Between the group-name and the logical volume-name, 
do it ?

>If you put hyphens in either of those names they
>get quoted by doubling them up.
>
Also in the logical volume-name ??
The lv-name = lv_usr-local !
It becomes lv_usr--local ??
mess-mate




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