From 5a52dca9c26ade9f233abcf5213300560d7a13a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alasdair Kergon Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:04:08 +0000 Subject: Some new features. --- INSTALL | 21 +++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 8c9e33bb9..93259a06c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -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. + -- cgit v1.2.1