Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop SOLVED

2009-01-14 Thread Paul E Condon
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:24:15AM -0500, Brian McKee wrote: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I do this because I want to > > store large files on a HD whose hardware interface > > limits file sizes to 4Gb, and I want to store larger > > files than 4Gb. ( The HD has 500

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-14 Thread Brian McKee
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:36 PM, Paul E Condon wrote: > I do this because I want to > store large files on a HD whose hardware interface > limits file sizes to 4Gb, and I want to store larger > files than 4Gb. ( The HD has 500Gb total capacity.) As the others have pointed out - that doesn't seem

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-14 Thread Paul E Condon
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:27:08AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Paul E Condon wrote > about 'Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop': > >On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:33:46PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> O

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On 01/13/09 23:18, Paul E Condon wrote: [snip] Yes, it's not hardware. Truth is it's vfat. I have had difficulty with Western Digital USB HD when I try to reformat tham for ext3, and they special software from WD to rewrite the vfat format. ? Doesn't Debian see it as an sd device? What e

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 13 January 2009, Paul E Condon wrote about 'Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop': >On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:33:46PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> On Tuesday 2009 January 13 19:36:22 Paul E Condon wrote: >> >I do this because I want

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-13 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 08:33:46PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 2009 January 13 19:36:22 Paul E Condon wrote: > >I do this because I want to > >store large files on a HD whose hardware interface > >limits file sizes to 4Gb, and I want to store larger > >files than 4Gb. ( The HD

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-13 Thread Paul E Condon
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 06:08:05PM -0800, Jeff D wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Paul E Condon wrote: > > > I want to allocate several large blank files on HD, > > and make them into virtual hard disk which I mount > > using loop. > > > > I then want to treat them as 'physical volumes' under > > LVM

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-13 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 2009 January 13 19:36:22 Paul E Condon wrote: >I do this because I want to >store large files on a HD whose hardware interface >limits file sizes to 4Gb, and I want to store larger >files than 4Gb. ( The HD has 500Gb total capacity.) HD hardware interfaces do not know where files begin

Re: Question about LVM and volume images on loop

2009-01-13 Thread Jeff D
On Tue, 13 Jan 2009, Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to allocate several large blank files on HD, > and make them into virtual hard disk which I mount > using loop. > > I then want to treat them as 'physical volumes' under > LVM, and collect them into a single volume group. > > Then, I intend to def