Thanks, Alasdair. I'll indeed look into using LVM2. I'm using Redhat AS 3.0. Will the lvm2 rpm from Fedora Core work? When will lvm2 be officially part of Redhat Enterprise Linux? How can i upgrade from an LVM1 system to LVM2? Is it just a matter of upgrading the rpm? Thanks, Stanley On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 10:35:18 +0100, Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 06:39:24PM -0700, Stanley Yue wrote: > > As far as the parsing goes, is it better (in terms of compatibility, > > output stability) to parse against the command line output (i.e. > > lvdisplay) or against the /proc/filesystems (i.e. > > /proc/lvm/VGs/vg00/LVs)? > > My answer was for LVM2. > Looks like you're using LVM1. > To simplify your future upgrade you should consider using LVM2 tools > lvs/pvs/vgs read-only even on an LVM1 installation as their output is > designed to be easy to parse. > > Alasdair > -- > agk@redhat.com > _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/