Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: LVM Snapshots | From | Philippe Troin <> | Date | 16 Oct 2003 13:33:43 -0700 |
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Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de> writes:
> On Wednesday 15 October 2003 18:53, Philippe Troin wrote: > > Hi Philippe, > > > Marc-Christian Petersen <m.c.p@wolk-project.de> writes: > > > On Wednesday 15 October 2003 17:40, Christoph Pleger wrote: > > > > > > Hi Christoph, > > > > > > > I am using a 2.4.22 kernel from www.kernel.org together with an XFS > > > > patch from SGI. I want to use LVM for creating snapshots for backups, > > > > but I found out that I cannot mount the snapshots of journalling > > > > filesystems (EXT3, XFS, Reiser). Only JFS snapshots can be mounted. > > > > My research on internet gave the result that a kernel-patch must be > > > > used to solve that problem, but I could not find such a patch for Linux > > > > 2.4.22, so where can I get it? > > > > > > Marcelo decided not to apply that needed patch. Here it is for you to > > > play with :) ... It'll apply with offsets to 2.4.23-pre7. > > > > What was the reason? I cannot find this thread in the archives... > > it was a private mail. Pasting relevant stuff: > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - [PATCH 2.4.23-pre1] LVM 1.0.7 ADDON: Allow snapshots on journaling > > filesystems > > LVM has already been updated on 2.4.23-pre. Lets do more changes later on. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Nothing technical then, Marcelo is just being slow for stability's sake and easier testing. I guess that will go in somewhere in a later 23-pre or in 24.
Thanks for the info.
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