[linux-lvm] Possible version problem

[linux-lvm] Possible version problem

[ewf]

Well
      I have a 2.2.20 kernel, (Debian stable), and I have a Debian 
package for lvm10 and lvm-common:

            lvm10,  install version, 1.0.4-4

            lvm-common, install version, 1.5.5

     I read that, for this early a version, a kernel module must be 
installed. However, I see no evidence that
one has been installed. I suspect that the new, (lvm), package may not 
contain  the kernel module
necessary to run with the old kernel version. Please confirm.

     I assume that the process of installing a package under Debian 
automatically installs a kernel
module if a given package requires it and contains it.

     I am setting up a MythTV system for home usage, and would like to 
gain the benefits of LVM.

                                                                        
                                                              Sincerely,
                                                                        
                                                              Erich 
Flothmeier

Re: [linux-lvm] Possible version problem

[Patrick Caulfield]

On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 10:03:24PM -0700, ewf wrote:
> Well
>      I have a 2.2.20 kernel, (Debian stable), and I have a Debian 
> package for lvm10 and lvm-common:
> 
>            lvm10,  install version, 1.0.4-4
> 
>            lvm-common, install version, 1.5.5
> 
>     I read that, for this early a version, a kernel module must be 
> installed. However, I see no evidence that
> one has been installed. I suspect that the new, (lvm), package may not 
> contain  the kernel module
> necessary to run with the old kernel version. Please confirm.

Linux 2.2 does not have LVM as standard. If you want to use a 2.2 kernel with
LVM you will have to patch and build your own kernel from sources. In which
case it would be far easier just to get a Debian packaged 2.4 kernel....
 
>     I assume that the process of installing a package under Debian 
> automatically installs a kernel
> module if a given package requires it and contains it.

No. Debian packages don't automatically install kernel modules because they
don't know which kernel you are running.
 

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patrick