On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Karol Babioch <karol@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > While /dev/lvm/root gets really mounted, its getting /dev/mapper/lvm-var > which gets mounted for /var, seems quite odd for me? > > Can anyone elaborate on this? i dont know the exact reason, or where it's happening, but ultimately everything is just symlinks anyway: lvm -> /dev/dmX md -> /dev/mdX .... .... udev is creating links to the above locations for you. afaik though, /dev/mapper is the standard/most regular, so i would stick to that. C Anthony