Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:34:30 +0100 | From | Alasdair G Kergon <> | Subject | Re: [uml-devel] Re: Writing on DM snapshots, and having no "mainstream" device (was: Re: Fw: [PATCH 1/7] Add dm-snapshot tutorial in Documentation) |
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On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 05:03:01PM +0200, Blaisorblade wrote: > You also "fixed" my assertion that snapshot-origin "base device" (parameter > n.1) must be a DM device. Should I readd it too?
That parameter does not need to be a DM device if you are able to use the start of an existing block device (so you don't require any mappings).
> IIRC I checked the code and it looks up the first param as a DM device,
It should only use the device number for reference, not any dm structure.
Try it.
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