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{{Admon/note|Using LVM in Fedora's Rescue Mode|The Fedora installation DVD has a "rescue mode" which may be used to fix problems on a previously-installed system -- useful if (for example) you have deleted or messed up a file that is necessary to successfully boot the system. In rescue mode, only a single LVM command is available: <code>lvm</code. To use any of the lvm commands, you can type <code>lvm</code> followed by the name of the command you wish to execute. Alternately, typing <code>lvm</code> by itself will start the LVM shell, and you can then type any of the lvm commands directly. To use non-LVM commands, exit from the LVM shell.}}
== LVM Device Names ==[[Category:Linux]][[Category:Fedora]][[Category:OPS235]]
PVs are referenced by their normal block device name, such as /dev/sda1. VGs and LVs are referred to by names which are assigned when they are created.
# <code>/dev/''vgname''/''lvname''</code> - this is a symbolic link to the directory above
{{AmonAdmon/note|LV names in Rescue Mode|Note that the LV symbolic links are not available in Fedora's rescue mode mode -- you must use the entry in <code>/dev/mapper</code>.}}
A logical volume may be used like any other block device:
