From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] where do i find the device mapper/LVM2 documentation? Message-ID: <20030527220901.GA32508@gw.silicide.dk> References: <3ED32F3E.9000009@silicide.dk> <20030527100801.GB646@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> <3ED33DA4.3090803@silicide.dk> <20030527104959.GC646@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030527104959.GC646@fib011235813.fsnet.co.uk> From: Debian User 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: Tue May 27 17:08:01 2003 List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@sistina.com On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:49:59AM +0100, Joe Thornber wrote: > On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 12:27:48PM +0200, Jon Bendtsen wrote: > > Joe Thornber wrote: > > >On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:26:22AM +0200, Jon Bendtsen wrote: > > > > > >>Hi there, i'm looking for documentation for the device mapper/lvm2 in > > >>the linux 2.5/6 kernel. > > > > > > > > >i) Enable dm in the kernel config. > > >ii) Install libdevmapper from the latest device-mapper release at > > >www.sistina.com > > >iii) Install LVM2 tools. > > > > > >There is more documentation in the device-mapper and LVM2 packages. > > > > i downloaded devicemapper.?.98?.tar.gz or something (the latest one) and > > i dont find much documentation in that, though i have looked into the > > INTRO file i didnt find others that from name appeared to be documentation. > > What exactly do you want to know ? How it is built up. Detailed information explaining to me how i can expand it, stuff like that. The LVM1 howto has a part that describes how the LVM1 is built up piece by piece, Physical Volumes, Physical Extends, ... JonB