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Mounting a File System
To mount an HDLM-managed device as a file system by specifying the
logical device file name for an HDLM device:
1
.
Create a file system by using an HDLM device.
If the file system already exists, skip to step 2.
Note that the file systems supported by HDLM are ext2, ext3, ReiserFS,
and VxFS. For details about creating a file system, see
2
.
Create a directory on which to mount the file system.
# mkdir /mnt/hdlm
In this example, the command creates /mnt/hdlm to be used for the
mount point.
3
.
Mount the file system.
Execute a command such as the following:
# mount /dev/sddlmaa /mnt/hdlm
In this example, the command mounts /dev/sddlmaa (the logical device
file name for an HDLM device) /mnt/hdlm.
Creating a File System
The file systems supported by HDLM are ext2, ext3, ReiserFS, and VxFS. The
following example shows how to create an ext2 file system in /dev/
sddlmaa1.
Figure 3-33 Example of Creating an ext2 File System
Creating an HDLM Environment
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