From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Heinz J . Mauelshagen" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] lvm and Debian Message-Id: <20020118140222.B794@sistina.com> References: <20020118104418.GA29876@balu.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> <20020118115639.GA30348@balu.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20020118115639.GA30348@balu.kawo2.rwth-aachen.de>; from mdobel@kawo2.rwth-aachen.de on Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:56:39PM +0100 Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri Jan 18 07:06:02 2002 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 12:56:39PM +0100, Markus Dobel wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 11:58:03AM +0100, Pierrick PONS wrote: > > > > There's a thing I don't understand : is the lvm_1.0.1rc4 patch still in the > > 2.4.17 kernel or do I have to patch my 2.4.17 kernel to use lvm and lvm > > commands ? > > There is some kind of LVM 1.0.1rc4 (therefore called 1.0.1rc4(ish)) in > kernel 2.4.17. > > > I thought that using a 2.4.17 kernel permitted to have lvm fonctionalities and > > not to be obliged to patch the kernel. > > No, you don't *need* to patch the kernel to have LVM. It's in the > kernel, just in an older version. In case you want to go with LVM 1.0.1 (which is the actual release you can get from www.sistina.com) and want to have the recent driver fixes in the kernel as well, you still need to patch it following the instructions in INSTALL and PATCHES/README. 1.0.1 for eg. addresses devfs and unresolved symbol issues. > > Regards, Markus > > -- > Free the Fluffy Bunny. > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-