From bd6902124498c77da6987d57b5a171b374270faa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alasdair Kergon Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:58:24 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Non-devfs instructions to run mknod script. --- INSTALL | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 6e495f1..5232336 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -50,7 +50,18 @@ Device Mapper installation Example: make install -4) You can now use 'dmsetup' to test the API. + +4) If you are using the ioctl interface but not devfs then install + scripts/devmap_mknod.sh to run either: + + Each time the kernel boots + e.g. add to /etc/rc* + + Or whenever the device-mapper is loaded (if you built it as a module) + e.g. add a "post-install" line to /etc/modules.conf. + + +5) You can now use 'dmsetup' to test the API. If you chose the filesystem interface you will first need to mount dmfs. e.g. mount -t dmfs dmfs /dmfs Read the dmsetup man page for more information. -- 2.43.5