INSTALL

   1 LVM2 installation
   2 =================
   3
   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/
  14
  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
  23
  24
  25 3) Build and install LVM2.
  26
  27    Run 'make install' from the top directory.
  28
  29
  30 4) Create a configuration file
  31
  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