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1 | LVM2 installation |
| 2 | ================= | |
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| 4 | 1) Install device-mapper | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | Ensure the device-mapper has been installed on the machine. | |
| 7 | ||
| 8 | The device-mapper should be in the kernel (look for 'device-mapper' | |
| 9 | messages in the kernel logs) and /usr/include/libdevmapper.h should | |
| 10 | be present. | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | The device-mapper is available from: | |
| 13 | ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/device-mapper/ | |
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| 15 | ||
| 16 | 2) Generate custom makefiles. | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | Run the 'configure' script from the top directory. | |
| 19 | ||
| 20 | If you do not have GNU readline (http://www.gnu.org/directory/readline.html) | |
| 21 | installed use | |
| 22 | ./configure --disable-readline | |
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| 24 | ||
| 25 | 3) Build and install LVM2. | |
| 26 | ||
| 27 | Run 'make install' from the top directory. | |
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| 29 | ||
| 30 | 4) Create a configuration file | |
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| a9c0e97c AK |
32 | The tools will work fine without a configuration file being |
| 33 | present, but you ought to review the example file in doc/example.conf. | |
| 34 | For example, specifying the devices that LVM2 is to use should | |
| 35 | make the tools run more efficiently - and avoid scanning /dev/cdrom! | |
| 36 |