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author | Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2002-11-18 14:04:08 +0000 |
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committer | Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2002-11-18 14:04:08 +0000 |
commit | 5a52dca9c26ade9f233abcf5213300560d7a13a9 (patch) | |
tree | 9afbc621c07148c96a1ba1878a262dbd8aec613a /INSTALL | |
parent | d1d9800ef1c7ec38a5f72b8e2586f927ab68188c (diff) | |
download | lvm2-5a52dca9c26ade9f233abcf5213300560d7a13a9.tar.gz |
Some new features.
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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ LVM2 installation Ensure the device-mapper has been installed on the machine. The device-mapper should be in the kernel (look for 'device-mapper' - messages in the kernel logs) and /usr/include/libdevmapper.h should - be present. + messages in the kernel logs) and /usr/include/libdevmapper.h + and libdevmapper.so should be present. The device-mapper is available from: ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/device-mapper/ @@ -17,9 +17,15 @@ LVM2 installation Run the 'configure' script from the top directory. - If you do not have GNU readline (http://www.gnu.org/directory/readline.html) - installed use - ./configure --disable-readline + If you wish to use the built-in LVM2 shell and have GNU readline + installed (http://www.gnu.org/directory/readline.html) use: + ./configure --enable-readline + + If you don't want to include the LVM1 backwards-compatibility code use: + ./configure --with-lvm1=none + + To separate the LVM1 support into a shared library loaded by lvm.conf use: + ./configure --with-lvm1=shared 3) Build and install LVM2. @@ -31,6 +37,9 @@ LVM2 installation The tools will work fine without a configuration file being present, but you ought to review the example file in doc/example.conf. - For example, specifying the devices that LVM2 is to use should + For example, specifying the devices that LVM2 is to use can make the tools run more efficiently - and avoid scanning /dev/cdrom! +Please also refer to the WHATS_NEW file and the manual pages for the +individual commands. + |