On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 02:44:24PM +0200, Antoine wrote: > > > Would a writeable snapshot help ? Since you would be able to change > > the needs_recovery flag specifically on the snapshot. > > How can I have a writable snapshot ? LVM snapshots are supposed to > be read-only, aren't they ? Try LVM2, it supports writeable snapshots. > But indeed if the journal data has not been committed on the original > volume when the snapshot is taken, then the snapshot may have false data > in it as, due to its read-only nature, it is not able to catch up the > uncommitted journal data... Am I missing something ? The point of the VFS patch you mentioned in an earlier email was to ensure that the journals are flushed correctly before the snapshot is taken. - Joe _______________________________________________ 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
