i understand this because the device-mapper that is must in lvm2, but i dont understand what it does.. <div>On Apr 8, 2005 12:53 PM, oded maimon <<a href="mailto:oded.maimon@gmail.com">oded.maimon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">hi, i know lvm, and i used it before FC3, but why the change from /dev/<myvgname>/<mylvolname> to /dev/mapper/..... thanks for the quick response Oded.<div> <div>On Apr 8, 2005 12:48 PM, Paul Howarth <<a href="mailto:paul@city-fan.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">paul@city-fan.org</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">oded maimon wrote: > i wanted to know why the change to /dev/mapper from the old > /dev/<device> ? why changing to links? See the LVM HOWTO: <a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/</a> FC3 uses LVM by default, as it is more flexible than "old-fashioned" regular partitions. The HOWTO referenced above explains the benefits of LVM. Paul. -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div>