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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/example.conf | 15 |
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@ LVM2 installation 4) Create a configuration file + 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 + make the tools run more efficiently - and avoid scanning /dev/cdrom! + @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -This directory contains an alpha release of LMV2, the new version of +This directory contains a beta release of LMV2, the new version of the userland LVM tools designed for the new device-mapper for the Linux kernel. @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ 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. +This is beta-quality software, released for testing purposes only. There is no warranty - see COPYING and COPYING.LIB. Tarballs are available from: diff --git a/doc/example.conf b/doc/example.conf index 5651d3bf1..3e03f1366 100644 --- a/doc/example.conf +++ b/doc/example.conf @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ # This is an example configuration file for the LVM2 system. It # contains the default settings that would be used if there was no -# /etc/lvm.conf file. +# /etc/lvm/lvm.conf file. +# Refer to 'man lvm.conf' for further information. # This section allows the user to configure which block devices should @@ -38,8 +39,7 @@ devices { # is human readable to aid filter debugging. cache = "/etc/lvm/.cache" - # You may not want to write the cache file... not sure why not - # though. + # You can turn off writing this cache file by setting this to 0. write_cache_state = 1 } @@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ log { backup { # Should we maintain a backup of the current metadata configuration ? + # Use 1 for Yes; 0 for No. + # Think very hard before turning this off. backup = 1 # Where shall we keep it ? @@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ backup { # Should we maintain an archive of old metadata configurations. - # On by default. + # Use 1 for Yes; 0 for No. + # On by default. Think very hard before turning this off. archive = 1 # Where should archived files go ? @@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ global { #umask = 022 # Enabling test mode means that no changes to the on disk metadata - # will ever be made. Equivalent to having the -t option on every + # will be made. Equivalent to having the -t option on every # command. Defaults to off. test = 0 -}
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