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| author | Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2008-11-04 17:49:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2008-11-04 17:49:22 +0000 |
| commit | 5b45c0728ff28cb60c35029a795fc4a6940e2312 (patch) | |
| tree | 4752caaeef18fe5da6f4418c5fb884809c5007c3 | |
| parent | 77b69aa724813e9f72c6ae8aca554ed1e22538d1 (diff) | |
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quick review of docs
Note that we'll continue to use WHATS_NEW_DM for device-mapper changes
until we can switch to unified version numbering.
| -rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTORS | 0 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 34 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 18 |
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS deleted file mode 100644 index e69de29b..00000000 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +1,30 @@ -LVM2 installation -================= +Installation +============ -1) Install device-mapper - - Ensure the device-mapper has been installed on the machine. - - The device-mapper should be in the kernel (look for 'device-mapper' - messages in the kernel logs) and /usr/include/libdevmapper.h - and libdevmapper.so should be present. - - The device-mapper is available from: - ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/device-mapper/ - - -2) Generate custom makefiles. +1) Generate custom makefiles. Run the 'configure' script from the top directory. - If you wish to use the built-in LVM2 shell and have GNU readline - installed (http://www.gnu.org/directory/readline.html) use: - ./configure --enable-readline - If you don't want to include the LVM1 backwards-compatibility code use: ./configure --with-lvm1=none To separate the LVM1 support into a shared library loaded by lvm.conf use: ./configure --with-lvm1=shared + Use ./configure --help to see other options. -3) Build and install LVM2. +2) Build and install. - Run 'make install' from the top directory. + Run 'make' from the top directory to build everything you configured. + Run 'make install' to build and install everything you configured. + If you only want the device-mapper libraries and tools use + 'make device-mapper' or 'make install_device-mapper'. -4) Create a configuration file +3) If using LVM2, create a configuration file. The tools will work fine without a configuration file being present, but you ought to review the example file in doc/example.conf. - For example, specifying the devices that LVM2 is to use can - make the tools run more efficiently - and avoid scanning /dev/cdrom! Please also refer to the WHATS_NEW file and the manual pages for the individual commands. @@ -1,23 +1,27 @@ -This directory contains LVM2, the new version of the userland LVM -tools designed for the new device-mapper for the Linux kernel. +This tree contains the LVM2 and device-mapper tools and libraries. -The device-mapper needs to be installed before compiling these LVM2 tools. - -For more information about LVM2 read the WHATS_NEW file. +For more information about LVM2 read the changelog in the WHATS_NEW file. Installation instructions are in INSTALL. There is no warranty - see COPYING and COPYING.LIB. Tarballs are available from: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/ - ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/dm/ To access the CVS tree use: cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/lvm2 login CVS password: cvs cvs -d :pserver:cvs@sources.redhat.com:/cvs/lvm2 co LVM2 -Mailing list for discussion/bug reports etc. +Mailing list for general discussion related to LVM2: linux-lvm@redhat.com Subscribe from https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm +Mailing list for LVM2 development, patches and commits: + lvm-devel@redhat.com + Subscribe from https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm + +Mailing list for device-mapper development, including kernel patches +and multipath-tools: + dm-devel@redhat.com + Subscribe from https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel |