Apparently, though unproven, at 19:39 on Friday 08 April 2011, Dale did opine thusly:
[snip] > Yea, I didn't type that in the way I meant it. PV is the bottom level, > then VG goes on top of that then the LV. I think I am typing that in > right. Basically, I create the PV first, then the VG then the LV. < > scratches head a bit> I think I get it but may need better wording. Nah, you got it already ;-) > > The kernel sees /dev/mapper/<whatever> as just another block device (aka > > something it can mkfs) > > So when I get ready to make a file system, say ext3, then it would be > mkfs.ext3 /dev/mapper/<whatever>. Then it would be ready to put stuff on. Yup. You'll have to poke around /dev/ a bit to see how your udev does it today but you got the gist of it -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
