Re: [Devil-linux-develop] [ devil-linux-Bugs-827631 ] LVM part inmountfs should be dynamic

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

>> >>>How about a file called /etc/lvtab in contrast to /etc/fstab where
>> >>>we specify the logical volumes name and their mountpoint. If a
>> logical
>> >>>volumes name is not found there it's either not mounted at all or
>> >>>we could also default to mounting it at /var/lvname.
>> >>>
>> >>>/etc/lvmtab is already taken by the lvmtools, so I suggest /etc/lvtab
>> >>>Maybe any other better distinguishable names for this file?
>> >>
>> >>I would prefer the version where we automatically mount to /var/lvname
>> >
>> > Maybe we could put the exceptions in /etc/lvtab and everything else
>> > defaults to mount at /var/<name> ?
>>
>> Ok, that's about what I thought to do. Let's introduce a switch,
>> eg. LVM_MOUNT_DEFAULT="/var" or ="" in /etc/sysconfig/config to switch
>> between both behaviours.
>
> I'm not following you.  Why do we need a switch?
>
> I would simply supply a default /etc/lvtab file with the following:
>
>
> #lvname:directory
> swap:swap
> home:/home
> opt:/opt
>
>
> Anything not found in the /etc/lvtab gets mounted in /var/<name>
> People are free to add their own entries, or make changes in lvtab.
>
> That way it's backward compatible, plus being easily customizable.

I agree with that.


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  Heiko Zuerker
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