On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 21:08 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > On my shiny new FC4 system, mount reports this device to be mounted on > root "/": > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 > > And I assume that this is most of my hard drive except for /boot (which > is /dev/sda1) and swap. Would renaming this with 'lvm lvrename' offer me > any benefit? For example rename it to > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup05-LogVol10 I'd have thought "vgrename" would be sufficient - there shouldn't be any need to rename the LVs once the VG is renamed. If you do do this, check that /etc/fstab contains LABEL= lines to identify mount points rather than hardcoded device names like /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 or /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00; if it doesn, you'll need to edit those too. > My previous FC4 system has an LVM spanning 2 physical disks and it is > going to be truly inconvenient to mount these disks on my current system > and get at the contents of the data on them. I've forgotten to back up > several important files to a DVD before doing a hardware upgrade that > includes using only one Great Big Hard Drive, and I'm feeling the pain. > > So would renaming my current LVM make it easier to get my old drives > (which are currently sitting around unused) mounted and accessible? Yes, I would think so. Paul.
