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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

Creating a File

System on page 3-195

.

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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