Re: [RFC, RFT] LDM support (aka Windows Dynamic Volumes)

2012-03-12 Thread Ivan Voras
On 11/03/2012 10:35, Andrey V. Elsukov wrote: > Hi, All > > i wrote GEOM_PART_LDM class. It provides basic support of Logical Disk Manager > partitioning scheme [1]. Since LDM metadata is not documented i used several > articles found in the web and linux implementation as reference [2]. Seems ok

Re: [RFC, RFT] LDM support (aka Windows Dynamic Volumes)

2012-03-12 Thread Oliver Pinter
On 3/12/12, Adrian Chadd wrote: > 2012/3/11 Andrey V. Elsukov : >> On 11.03.2012 23:31, Adrian Chadd wrote: >>> This is awesome! >>> >>> Is it just read-only, or does it allow creation/destruction of LDM >>> volumes? >> >> It is read-only, but you can partially destroy LDM metadata on given disk.

Re: [RFC, RFT] LDM support (aka Windows Dynamic Volumes)

2012-03-12 Thread Andrey V. Elsukov
On 12.03.2012 11:49, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> partitions. Actually, it is possible make better LDM support in conjunction >> with GEOM_RAID, but i think we don't need it :) > > Hah, I wouldn't say no to being able to modify (correctly) LDM metadat.a > > i'd also love to see say, read/write Linux LV

Re: [RFC, RFT] LDM support (aka Windows Dynamic Volumes)

2012-03-12 Thread Adrian Chadd
2012/3/11 Andrey V. Elsukov : > On 11.03.2012 23:31, Adrian Chadd wrote: >> This is awesome! >> >> Is it just read-only, or does it allow creation/destruction of LDM volumes? > > It is read-only, but you can partially destroy LDM metadata on given disk. > LDM keeps information about all volumes on

Re: [RFC, RFT] LDM support (aka Windows Dynamic Volumes)

2012-03-11 Thread Andrey V. Elsukov
On 11.03.2012 23:31, Adrian Chadd wrote: > This is awesome! > > Is it just read-only, or does it allow creation/destruction of LDM volumes? It is read-only, but you can partially destroy LDM metadata on given disk. LDM keeps information about all volumes on each disk, and i guess windows can reco

Re: [RFC, RFT] LDM support (aka Windows Dynamic Volumes)

2012-03-11 Thread Adrian Chadd
This is awesome! Is it just read-only, or does it allow creation/destruction of LDM volumes? Adrian 2012/3/11 Andrey V. Elsukov : > Hi, All > > i wrote GEOM_PART_LDM class. It provides basic support of Logical Disk Manager > partitioning scheme [1]. Since LDM metadata is not documented i used s

[RFC, RFT] LDM support (aka Windows Dynamic Volumes)

2012-03-11 Thread Andrey V. Elsukov
Hi, All i wrote GEOM_PART_LDM class. It provides basic support of Logical Disk Manager partitioning scheme [1]. Since LDM metadata is not documented i used several articles found in the web and linux implementation as reference [2]. Only generic volumes is supported. Spanned, striped and raid5 con