[linux-lvm] lvcreate snap with device mapper

[Walter de Jong]

Hi,

There is a funny problem with lvcreate. When you create a snap, it
assumes the second element in the supplied path is a volume group. This
is untrue when the device mapper is used, and it is untrue (obviously)
if symbolic links to the block device are used.
The text in the attachment demonstrates what I mean.

I think it's a bad thing to use path names for determining what volume
group has to be used.

This is on debian/sarge i386 with LVM2 2.01.04-2 and kernel 2.6.11 with
dm_mod.ko and dm_snapshot.ko loaded.

Greets,

     --Walter
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                   *** If you build it, they will come ***

Walter de Jong
walter at sara.nl        http://www.sara.nl/
HPC Systems Programmer at SARA Computing and Network Services

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