>>>>> yudi v <yudi....@gmail.com> writes: > I created a LV and was going to use the following command to create a > file system:
> mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/lv > someone suggested I use: > mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg-lv > What's the difference? There should be none. Note, however, that /dev/mapper/ may contain non-LVM specials as well, such as cryptsetup(8) ones. My guess is that /dev/VG/LV may provide some sort of backwards compatibility, as LVM may have been implemented before Linux's “device mapper.” (IIRC, there was an LVM implementation for HP-UX, bearing some similarity to the one currently in Linux.) -- FSF associate member #7257 Coming soon: Software Freedom Day http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/ planning-ru (ru), sfd-discuss (en) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/86ippoqgvs....@gray.siamics.net