I created a LV and was going to use the following command to create a file system:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/lv

someone suggested I use:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg-lv


What's the difference?

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Hi Yudi,

yudi v wrote:
I created a LV and was going to use the following command to create a
file system:


mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/lv

someone suggested I use:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg-lv


What's the difference?


Perhaps nothing, provided it is mapped properly:

# ls -lart /dev/mapper/vg0-root /dev/vg0/root
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 2011-06-24 18:56 /dev/mapper/vg0-root
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2011-06-24 18:56 /dev/vg0/root ->
/dev/mapper/vg0-root


The "non mapper" version links back to the other one ... so, I think it
should be essentially the same -- or rather exactly the same.



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>>>>> yudi v <yudi.tux@gmail.com> writes:

> I created a LV and was going to use the following command to create a
> file system:

> mkfs.ext4 /dev/vg/lv

> someone suggested I use:

> mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vg-lv

> What's the difference?

There should be none.

Note, however, that /dev/mapper/ may contain non-LVM specials as
well, such as cryptsetup(8) ones.

My guess is that /dev/VG/LV may provide some sort of backwards
compatibility, as LVM may have been implemented before Linux's
“device mapper.� (IIRC, there was an LVM implementation for
HP-UX, bearing some similarity to the one currently in Linux.)

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There should be none.



Â* Â* Â* Â*Note, however, that /dev/mapper/ may contain non-LVM specials as

Â* Â* Â* Â*well, such as cryptsetup(8) ones.



Â* Â* Â* Â*My guess is that /dev/VG/LV may provide some sort of backwards

Â* Â* Â* Â*compatibility, as LVM may have been implemented before Linux's

Â* Â* Â* Â*“device mapper.â€� Â*(IIRC, there was an LVM implementation for

Â* Â* Â* Â*HP-UX, bearing some similarity to the one currently in Linux.)


Thanks for sharing that info.
AndrewM, thanks for the prompt reply.
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