[linux-lvm] Seg fault on vgscan
Shaw, Marco
marco.shaw at nbtel.nb.ca
Fri Apr 7 18:01:24 UTC 2000
> This is very bad. You should not use LVM on existing partitions. Does it
> not say anything in this regard in the documentation? Probably, as a
> safety measure, the LVM commands should verify that a partition is not
> mounted before doing a pvcreate/vgcreate on it.
I've not seen this in writing anywhere, but could have missed it. I would
hope there's a way to handle root_vg filesystems. I thought I saw something
in the archives regarding 'encapsulating' the root partition...
Thanks,
Marco
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