/dev/mapper

[oded maimon]

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.

On Apr 8, 2005 12:48 PM, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> 
> 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:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
> 
> 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.
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