Re: LVM and install over existing installation

[randall <randall@songshu.org>]

Tim Anstey wrote:
> Ah, so if I see this right, I can configure LVM and treat it as I 
> would any other partition. 
>
> So say I had this:  
>
>     --- Logical volume ---
>
>       LV Name                /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01
>
>
> I could treat that exactly the same as /dev/hdax?
yes, you can mount LogVol01just as you would mount /dev/hdax
assuming that LogVol01 is formatted as ext3 you could use the follwing 
in your fstab

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01        /mountpoint       ext3    
defaults        0    0
> If so that's awfully helpful, I assumed LVM relied on the currently 
> installed OS to function so by booting into another OS install I 
> wouldn't be able to access it.
as long as the OS understands LVM there should be no issue, you would 
need to install LVM2 before you can use it.


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