On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 09:54:29AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, usb usb wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I'm using kernel: 2.6.17. 
> > 
> > I have a bunch of storage devices (with multiple partitions in each) hooked 
> > up to a linux box. The box sees them as separate SCSI devices as expected. 
> > I build logical volumes using these partitions to make it appear as 2-3 big 
> > storage spaces.
> > 
> > I have a requirement in which, I would like to use partitions of only one 
> > device/logical volume. Ex: sda, sdb, sdc, sdd ====> big_storage1
> > 
> > But, I wouldn't want to touch the other device. But, all these are exported 
> > as SCSI devices. They can be randomly added and removed. So, they may not 
> > always begin at sda.. Is there a mechanism to do this?
> 
> The mechanism is udev.

I think Logical Volumes will also accomplish this, as it stores metadata to
identify each drive on the disk itself.

Matt

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