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authorAlasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2002-11-18 14:04:08 +0000
committerAlasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2002-11-18 14:04:08 +0000
commit5a52dca9c26ade9f233abcf5213300560d7a13a9 (patch)
tree9afbc621c07148c96a1ba1878a262dbd8aec613a /INSTALL
parentd1d9800ef1c7ec38a5f72b8e2586f927ab68188c (diff)
downloadlvm2-5a52dca9c26ade9f233abcf5213300560d7a13a9.tar.gz
Some new features.
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@@ -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.
+