On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 07:00:26AM +0200, Ph. Marek wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I've got a question I couldn't find an answer yet. > Is LVM2 compatible with LVM1? That is, are the on-disk-storage and the > command-line-parameters the same, do they present themselfes via devfs in the > same manner? (The last point I take as given, as it's only a logical sight > via my given names) > > If it's possible I'd like to change the kernel, substitute the userspace-tools > (at startup, depending on whether LVM1 or LVM2 is used currently) and reboot > AND use the existing data. > > Is that possible? Yes, I do this all the time. In fact most of my kernels have both LVM1 and device-mapper in them and I switch between the two without rebooting - remember to vgchange -an first though ! If you do find any incompatibilites then please let us know. patrick _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html
