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1 LVM2 installation
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4 1) Install device-mapper
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6 Ensure the device-mapper has been installed on the machine.
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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.
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12 The device-mapper is available from:
13 ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/device-mapper/
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16 2) Generate custom makefiles.
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18 Run the 'configure' script from the top directory.
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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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25 3) Build and install LVM2.
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27 Run 'make install' from the top directory.
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30 4) Create a configuration file
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