From 494b866764a43f9a2afe40282a78ae3e7cd88703 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alasdair Kergon Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 14:42:01 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Incomplete installation doc. --- INSTALL | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 INSTALL diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL new file mode 100644 index 0000000..84e3e16 --- /dev/null +++ b/INSTALL @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Device Mapper installation +========================== + +1. Run the 'configure' script to generate customised makefiles. + If your kernel source is not in /usr/src/linux use --with-kerneldir. + If you wish to use the filesystem interface instead of the ioctl + interface use --with-interface=fs. + Other flags let you change the installation directories. + + Example: ./configure --with-kerneldir=/usr/src/linux-2.4.16 + +2. Patch, configure and build a new kernel that contains device-mapper. + +3. Build and install the shared library (libdevmapper.so) for the API. + Run 'make' from the top directory. + + Example: make install + -- 2.43.5