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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 /INSTALL | |
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.
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@@ -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. |