[dm-devel] /dev/dm-? and /dev/mapper/

[Xinwei Hu]

Hi Wilhelm,
  Mount-by-label uses the links inside /dev/disk/by-lable/, which are
created by udev.
  It seems to be a problem that udev races with device-mapper on debian.


2008/7/30 Wilhelm Meier <wilhelm.meier at fh-kl.de>:
> Hi,
>
> I don't know if this is the right place to ask ...
>
> I use kernel 2.6.22 and debian etch.
>
> If I create a vg and some volumes in it I get the
>
> /dev/dm-?
>
> and
>
> /dev/mapper/<vg>-<lv>
>
> devices nodes.
>
> If I try to mount the filesystem via label, sometimes /dev/dm-? and
> sometimes /dev/mapper/<vg>-<lv> gets mounted.
>
> That is the cause of some later errors in my setup.
>
> The question is: how can I get rid of the dm-? (e.g. they should not
> be created at all) oder how do I the mount to stick to
> the /dev/mapper/... files?
>
> TIA,
> --
> Wilhelm
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