volgroup

[pradeeprajkumar]

I'm having an extra drive icon in my computer folder named volgroup(VG).
its not getting opened when i open it.
also,it shows the same amount of memory space as such for the extended partition of the partion in which fedora is installed.
why this happened ?
how to remove it ?

[pradeeprajkumar]

please any one reply for this thread.....

[Rubberman]

You aren't getting answers because you need to provide more information, such as the Linux distribution+version you are running, what drives and file systems are installed, which folder contains this volgroup sub-folder, etc. You also didn't say if you enabled LVM on any of your drives and/or partitions. So, the answer isn't simple and depends upon a lot of things that you give no indication. So, first answer the questions above.

[pradeeprajkumar]

i'm using fedora 13 goddard (x86-64 bit version).
installed in ext4 file system.
vol group is found on the computer folder.
how could i find lvm is enabled or not ?
& what is lvm ?
(i'm new to linux).

[Rubberman]

LVM is the Logical Volume Manager. It allows you to conjoin a number of drives and partitions into one logical file system much bigger than any single disc. On my system I have 4 500GB discs in a LVM Volume Group that makes up a single 2TB file system.

[pradeeprajkumar]

yeah, think i had mistakenly enabled this LVM feature while installing fedora OS in my hard drive.
so, is that the cause for the appearance of that volgroup (VG) icon in my computer folder ?
how to make it disappear ?
this volgroup has the same amount of memory as my hard drive partition in which linux is installed.
i think these two are referring to the same partition.!!!

[Rubberman]

Without knowning how your drives and file systems are configured it might be difficult. Please post the output of the command "mount" here, along with the contents of the file /etc/fstab.

[pradeeprajkumar]

for mount:

[root@localhost pradeep]# mount
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t:s0")
/dev/sda3 on /boot type ext4 (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
gvfs-fuse-daemon on /home/pradeep/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon (rw,nosuid,nodev,user=pradeep)

for fstab :

[root@localhost pradeep]# /etc/fstab
bash: /etc/fstab: Permission denied

[pradeeprajkumar]

sorry sorry,
i forgot to add the command more in the previous post.
here is the correct output for the command more /etc/fstab :

[root@localhost pradeep]# more /etc/fstab

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Sat Jun 5 14:21:02 2010
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(, mount( and/or blkid( for more info
#
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root / ext4 defaults 1
1
UUID=ad24032d-59a0-4d9d-a114-bb294d354214 /boot ext4 defa
ults 1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap swap swap defaults 0
0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
[root@localhost pradeep]#

[pradeeprajkumar]

how can i delete that volgroup ?