tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260958947501026652.post7935850896025035822..comments2024-03-13T01:23:24.277-04:00Comments on 4n6tacoHut: Mounting and imaging Logical Volume Manager (LVM2)The_IMOLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06951467651384902924noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260958947501026652.post-21328179056357480072016-09-07T00:57:28.527-04:002016-09-07T00:57:28.527-04:00Help improving can also be done without coding, yo...Help improving can also be done without coding, you could also help by indicating the scenarios you are dealing with and creating representative test files.<br /><br />Also there are numerous "forensic" gotcha with the method and tools you describe, some mentioned here:<br />http://forensicswiki.org/wiki/Linux_Logical_Volume_Manager_(LVM)<br /><br />Joachim Metzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169983450780601879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260958947501026652.post-86617139397659192692016-09-06T16:44:28.306-04:002016-09-06T16:44:28.306-04:00Ah, ok thanks. Although my code would not qualify ...Ah, ok thanks. Although my code would not qualify as "improving" open tools... breaking them? YES. <br /><br />Still slowly learning as I go along :)The_IMOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951467651384902924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260958947501026652.post-1082278185468392302016-09-06T14:38:22.230-04:002016-09-06T14:38:22.230-04:00Not at the moment. However depending on your milea...Not at the moment. However depending on your mileage it is open source and can extended.<br /><br />If you have to rely on non-extendable tools for your analysis you'll find yourself working around limitations a lot of your time anyway. Could as well spend that time on improving open tools?Joachim Metzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169983450780601879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260958947501026652.post-21901828006400299632016-09-06T13:50:00.415-04:002016-09-06T13:50:00.415-04:00Would libvslvm be useful in this case (i.e., multi...Would libvslvm be useful in this case (i.e., multiple segments)? According to the documentation:<br /><br />Not supported:<br />* multiple physical volumes<br />* multiple segments <------------------<br />* non-linear stripes<br />* snapshotsThe_IMOLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951467651384902924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3260958947501026652.post-53828247236011246582016-09-06T04:40:29.915-04:002016-09-06T04:40:29.915-04:00The system tools will have issues when a name of a...The system tools will have issues when a name of a LV, LVG already exists.<br />Have a look at https://github.com/libyal/libvslvm instead.Joachim Metzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169983450780601879noreply@blogger.com