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authorAlasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>2001-12-31 16:12:40 +0000
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-This is pretty much empty so far...if you can't see subdirectories,
-try 'cvs -f update'
+This directory contains an alpha release of LMV2, the new version of
+the userland LVM tools designed for the new device-mapper for
+the Linux kernel.
+
+The device-mapper needs to be installed before compiling these LVM2 tools.
+
+For more information about LVM2 read the INTRO file.
+Installation instructions are in INSTALL.
+
+This is alpha-quality software, released for testing purposes only.
+There is no warranty - see COPYING and COPYING.LIB.
+
+Tarballs are available from:
+ ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/tools/
+ ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/device-mapper/
+
+To access the CVS tree use:
+ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@tech.sistina.com:/data/cvs login
+ CVS password: cvs1
+ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@tech.sistina.com:/data/cvs checkout LVM2
+
+Mailing list for discussion/bug reports etc.
+ lvm-devel@sistina.com
+ Subscribe from http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/lvm-devel
+