On Friday 08 April 2011 16:30:03 Dale wrote: > J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On Fri, April 8, 2011 11:01 pm, Dale wrote: > >> root@fireball / # > >> > >> I'm still trying to figure out how the naming part works tho. Now to > >> mount it and put something on it. See if it works. > > > > Naming part, there are 2 ways of finding it. > > 1: /dev/<VolumeGroupName>/<LogicalVolumeName> > > 2: /dev/mapper/<VolumeGroupName>-<LogicalVolumeName> > > > > You included a "-" in your VG-name, this is replaced with "--" under > > /dev/mapper/ > > > >> Let me know if something doesn't look right. Otherwise, I'll keep > >> playing around with it. > > > > Looks fine so far, don't forget to put a filesystem on > > "/dev/sdb-vg/test" > > to be able to mount it somewhere :) > > > > -- > > Joost > > The naming I was talking about was sort of like a label. I wanted to > use test, where I might use say data in real use, but ended up with this: > > root@fireball / # df > Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > << SNIP >> > /dev/mapper/sdb--vg-test > 51606140 184268 48800432 1% /mnt/temp > root@fireball / # > > I don't mind the sdb--vg part tho. I guess that sort of points to what > all is needed to get to that point. Might come in handy if I needed to > remove something tho. Sort of tells me what is what.
True :) I tend to start my VGs with "vg_<something>". That way I know what they're for. Also, it's a good idea to not name them "vg" as then you can get naming conflicts if you ever put the drive into another machine that also has a VG called that. As example for the way I name them: vg_<hostname>. On my server, I actually have 2 Volume Groups. One for the OS-parts (including VMs) and the other for the data. > I did try to mount it before putting a file system on it. I sort of > missed that part somewhere. I knew it needed it, just forgot to do it. > Mount sort of puked on my keyboard to remind me. lol Hehe :) I forget as well sometimes. > Whew !! Progress. Oh, someone posted a link to a site that had > pictures. That helped a good bit. It needed more detail tho. I'm > going to do some google image searches and see what I can find. I think I posted more then 1 link, actually :) > Thanks much. You're welcome -- Joost
