[linux-lvm] LILO configuration for LVM "boot" filesystem

[Andreas Dilger]

Jack McKinney writes:
>     Under Linux LVM, there are issues.  I did a demo to a local unix group
> in which I created a volume and copied a bunch of files to it.  Then, I
> started a pvmove command on that volume (while mounted) and copied files
> into it while it was moving.  md5sums before and after verified that the
> files were all intact.
>     However, I did the same presentation on the same system a week later
> to a local linux group, and one of the files got corrupted.  Moral: you
> need to umount the FS in order to move the LV.

FYI, this problem _should_ be fixed in CVS already, but the fix is more
recent than beta7, so it is likely that you hit a known bug.

Cheers, Andreas
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