JB wrote: > admin lewis<adminlewis<at> gmail.com> writes: > >> ... > A hard link is basically a link to the i-node number of the original file. > > i-node numbers are not portable across different disks. > > Hard links can only be created to files on the same file system. > > To create a hard link, the original file and the link file should exist in the > same partition. > Actually in one filesystem, partitions have nothing to do with it. You can have hard links in LVM, regardless of the PV under it. > LVM is a logical superstructure consisting of different physical partitions on > same or different disks. > > JB > > > -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
