From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 05:44:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 05:44:21 -0400 Received: from hermes.sistina.com ([208.210.145.141]:54020 "HELO sistina.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 12 Apr 2001 05:44:09 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:44:02 +0000 From: "Heinz J. Mauelshagen" To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Jonathan Lahr , lse-tech@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: block device snapshot capability Message-ID: <20010412104402.A25018@sistina.com> Reply-To: Mauelshagen@Sistina.com In-Reply-To: <20010411142654.A23996@w-lahr.des.sequent.com> <200104112140.XAA05309@ns.caldera.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200104112140.XAA05309@ns.caldera.de>; from hch@caldera.de on Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:40:36PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 11:40:36PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > In article <20010411142654.A23996@w-lahr.des.sequent.com> you wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Is anyone aware of ongoing development to provide the capability > > to take a snapshot of a block device? > > It's part of Linux-LVM since version 0.8 and thus part of Linux 2.4. You need to get the recent LVM 0.9.1 Beta 7 software *and* to patch your kernel as well, because that'll fix some snapshot related flaws. > > Christoph > > -- > Of course it doesn't work. We've performed a software upgrade. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-