how is the major number device-mapper assigned? i have one system that has it as 253 (mdp is 254) and one that has it as 254 (from /proc/devices). is there anyway of loading dm-mod with a certain major number? the reason i ask is because when lilo is run it writes the root device major and minor number to the disk. if the major number happens to change when the system boots up then there is a possibility of the root filesystem (built on lvm) not being mounted. also, when i create a logical volume with "persistent y" it requires me to indicate the major and minor numbers for the device. i understand needing the minor number but why the major number? in fact, it just ignores the number i indicate for the major number anyways and uses the major number for device-mapper. my memory may be failing me but it seems that the major number was not needed to create a persistent logical volume in the past. _______________________________________________ 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/
