From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262115AbTLJA1k (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:27:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262360AbTLJA1k (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:27:40 -0500 Received: from 217-124-44-246.dialup.nuria.telefonica-data.net ([217.124.44.246]:7050 "EHLO dardhal.mired.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262115AbTLJA1j (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:27:39 -0500 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 01:27:37 +0100 From: Jose Luis Domingo Lopez To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Device-mapper submission for 2.4 Message-ID: <20031210002737.GA27208@localhost> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday, 09 December 2003, at 23:46:13 +0000, Paul Jakma wrote: > There are people who store their data in LVM, we need compatibility, > and ideally we'd like to be able to migrate in small steps. > Install "module-init-tools", install "LVM2" (that can drive both LVM1 and DM Logical Volumes), compile a 2.6.x Linux kernel, reboot and you should be done. As far as I remember, migration is just that easy, and you can always go back to plain 2.4.x while you don't update LVM metadata to newer version 2. Greetings. -- Jose Luis Domingo Lopez Linux Registered User #189436 Debian Linux Sid (Linux 2.6.0-test10-mm1)