Joel Johnson([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > A basic question that I can't seem to find an answer to (maybe not so > basic?). > > Using LVM and therefore devmapper, the volume names are such that they > are accessible under /dev/mapper/<PV_Name>-<LV_Name>. Likewise, these > names are used in reporting (du, df, mount, etc...). I would prefer to > have the volumes reported directly as their dev names, so > /dev/mapper/volgroup-root should be /dev/volgroup/root. The volumes are > accessible this way, and if I use those entries in fstab it works fine, > but still get reported under the /dev/mapper/* headers. > > My best guess is that it has something to do with the order of the > lookup of devices, but I don't have any idea how to modify that. Is this > possible? Is there a reason not to want such a presentation?
If I understand you correctly, here is how I do it in my /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/lv_home_group/lv_home /home reiserfs defaults 2 2 /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/local/lv_usr /usr reiserfs defaults 2 2 #/dev/hda3 /Knoppix ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/local/lv_local /usr/local reiserfs defaults 2 2 /dev/backups/lv_backup /backups reiserfs defaults 2 2 /dev/spare/pgm3 /pgm3 reiserfs defaults 2 2 /dev/spare/album /album reiserfs defaults 2 2 /dev/hda5 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdb9 /extra ext3 defaults 0 0 #/dev/hdb10 /knoppix ext3 defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdb3 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/dvd iso9660 rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 #/dev/hdc /mnt/UDFDVD auto ro,user,noatime 0 0 /dev/pktcdvd/cdrom /mnt/UDF udf noauto,noatime,user,rw 0 0 /dev/pktcdvd/dvd /mnt/UDF udf noauto,noatime,user,rw 0 0 HTH Wayne -- Real software engineers work from 9 to 5, because that is the way the job is described in the formal spec. Working late would feel like using an undocumented external procedure. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
