Re: xfs log on another device, will it destroy existing data?

[Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 09:46, Greg Whynott wrote:
> I'd like to create an xfs fs on an array.  I'd also like to put the
> metadata log on another device,  I currently have an ext3 fs mounted,
> can I put the log on the ext3 fs without losing the data there now or
> does it expect a raw partition?  the manual page doesn't say one way or
> another if it will destroy data..
> 
> xfs to go on a 2G FC RAID5 array (7x35G disks)
> log to go on a SCSI 320 mirror set with an ext3 fs mounted under /var
> 
> 
> thanks folks!
> greg


The log expects a raw partition, it will start at block zero of the 
device you specify and write over whatever used to be there.

Steve

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