NTFS file system on LVM???
Can a NTFS file system be created on a LVM?
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More than Microsoft supports creating an LVM on Windows :-)
Yes, you can: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=146002 (But I'm not sure why you'd want to - it's probably *not* a good idea, either for performance, or for maintenance reasons.) (You're much better off using Linux partition formats for Linux, Windows partition formats for Windows ... and simply cross-mounting or network-sharing the two, as needed) IMHO .. PSM |
I understand the difficulty of maintaining them both. But I'm sick of Windows and have a huge amount of files on a NTFS file system. I've read a bunch about the difficulties moving files from one to the other. I figured if I can have the OS running Linux, and keep my data on the NTFS, I would be able to get away with it.
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Well i have no *reason* to believe for a second that Windows can access LVM in any way whatsoever, so you'll have a windows filesystem which windows has no way at all to access... less than useless given the inherent undesirability of using NTFS under Linux in the first place.
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I did have another thought on the whole matter also. Have the internal hard drive be EXT3, the external be NTFS, and use grsync to sync them both. Any dangers?
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erm.... why??? why not just have a common vfat / ntfs partition? it's worked for many a year for millions of users.
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I've read that linux ntfs support has gotten fairly decent. If I could format the logical volume as NTFS, I'd be set. The VG NTFS below is my test:
[root@localhost /]# lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/NTFS/NTFS VG Name NTFS LV UUID GR9GdX-k2GM-mrcz-hPuj-dpBh-yMKy-U5T3WH LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 149.05 GB Current LE 38158 Segments 2 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:2 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID U3Xhzp-uga0-bfic-4saZ-7Gui-ChJq-fl2G8q LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 72.34 GB Current LE 2315 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 VG Name VolGroup00 LV UUID M2PYq2-en6w-ELLm-f53v-WKl2-5LHf-sNvEp4 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 1.94 GB Current LE 62 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors 0 Block device 253:1 [root@localhost /]# It's currently formatted ext3. I've tried finding how to make it ntfs via mkntfs, but haven't found a good example. Still googling.... |
LVM provides a block device withi which you can do as you would with any other block device. but again, Windows won't be able to access LVM, so that's not going to help you in any way at all.
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Yup, your right. But I wouldn't have windows as an OS at all. From a OS stand point, I would be strictly linux. No windows involved. I would have one external hard drive formatted NTFS, a second LV formated NTFS, and a third OS drive formatted ext2/3. Windows would not exist. If I could, both of these drives would be ntfs with a completely seperate non-associated drive for the OS.
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erm... lost... is this a joke? seriously... is it?
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um, no. It's not a joke! Why do you consider it as such?
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well you appear to want to use NTFS without Windows, which is just pointless...
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Ah, got your point. Is there any problem moving data from NTFS into ext3 without loosing file integrity? I seem to remember something like that, but it's been a while, and maybe techniques have improved.
"He's using Linux! Why NTFS?!?" hehe :rolleyes: |
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