On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 03:08:11PM -0700, Jim McCloskey wrote: > > I am about to migrate a small server to a new box. Some weeks ago I > installed Lenny (amd64) on the new box and used a temporary hostname > for it, planning on changing the hostname after the system had been > tested and was ready to take the place of the existing machine. The > installation used LVM2 (I'm very happy about that), but I have a > niggling worry. > > The device-names in /dev-mapper/ by convention include the system's > hostname as one of their sub-parts: > > /dev/mapper/temporaryhostname-root / > /dev/mapper/temporaryhostname-home /home > /dev/mapper/temporaryhostname-tmp /tmp > /dev/mapper/temporaryhostname-usr /usr > /dev/mapper/temporaryhostname-var /var > /dev/mapper/temporaryhostname-swap_1 none > > As far I can tell, this naming convention is irrelevant for all > networking purposes and shouldn't cause a problem when the hostname > and the mailname and so on are changed. But I haven't been able to > *absolutely* reassure myself about this. Am I missing something? Is > there maybe a risk of creating confusion within LVM itself if there is > a mismatch between the hostname and the name used in these device-file > names? why not use the names under /dev/<vgroupname>/<vgname> I have a vg group call raid0 and a lvm on that vggroup called so I access it via /dev/raid0/tmp of just use labels ! > > Thanks very much for any advice, > > Jim > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "To YOU I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition." -- Woody Allen
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