Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Mark Allums
On 3/3/2010 1:50 PM, Alexander Samad wrote: On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Clive McBarton wrote: I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs

Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Olaf Reitmaier Veracierta
On 03/03/10 14:59, Clive McBarton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs, lvscan, lvd

Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Wednesday 03 March 2010 13:29:01 Clive McBarton wrote: > The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs, lvscan, > lvdiskscan expect block devices and do not have the option of using a > file instead of /dev/something. I'd like to use the LVM on the file > without writing it out as a real disk par

Re: How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Alexander Samad
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Clive McBarton wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and > a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I > access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vg

How to use LVM on a file? (as opposed to on a block device)

2010-03-03 Thread Clive McBarton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have a file which is a dump of a disk partition. It has LVM on it and a couple of LVs in the LVM, each containing a filesystem. How do I access them? The lvm tools like lvdisplay, vgdisplay, lvs, lvscan, lvdiskscan expect block devices and do not hav