Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Felix Frank wrote: > >> > > How can i create the image file kpartx uses ? > > You don't. Just create nodes for your very snapshot. > Ok, i try to unnderstand: With lvcreate -s i create the snapshot. This creates an entry /dev/vgxxx/lvxxx. Then i use kpartx for ... what ? Creating a second entry in /dev/... ? I tested this: created a snapshot /dev/vg1/lv_home_snapshot. kpartx -lv /dev/vg1/lv_home_snapshot says ... nothing. Currently, i don't see the benefit of kpartx. Bernd