[linux-lvm] LVM and Windows
Stuart D. Gathman
stuart at bmsi.com
Sat Mar 10 00:22:12 UTC 2007
On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Lin Shen (lshen) wrote:
> If I format a FAT file system on top of a logic volume created by using
> LVM, will this be accessible from Windows? In other words, does Windows
> understand LVM?
Short answer: No
Long answer: Windows doesn't understand Linux LVM. However, it doesn't
need to if:
a) You are running Windows in a virtual machine with the LV as a virtual disk.
(i.e. VMWare)
b) You are accessing files in the LV via a network file system such as CIFS.
(i.e. samba)
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