Re: LVM question: what's the difference between /dev/mapper/vg-lv and /dev/vg/lv

[yudi v]

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>         There should be none.
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>        Note, however, that /dev/mapper/ may contain non-LVM specials as
>        well, such as cryptsetup(8) ones.
>
>        My guess is that /dev/VG/LV may provide some sort of backwards
>        compatibility, as LVM may have been implemented before Linux's
>        “device mapper.”  (IIRC, there was an LVM implementation for
>        HP-UX, bearing some similarity to the one currently in Linux.)
>
>
Thanks for sharing that info.
AndrewM, thanks for the prompt reply.
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Kind regards,
Yudi