[linux-lvm] Re: A question about LVM 0.6 kernel patch.

[Heinz Mauelshagen]

> 
> First of all I want to say that I'm really anxious to try out LVM for
> Linux.	I've been wanting this feature for a very long time.
> 

8*)

> I downloaded all the bits from your site and attempted to get things going
> but I am unable to get the patch be fully successful.  It keeps
> saying stuff like hunk #4 failed at xxx etc.  And then it asks if I want to
> apply the patch anyway.  I have kernel 2.2.5 (RedHat 6.0) and I see that
> the latest patch you have is 2.2.2...but I was under the impression that
> this was just for 2.2.x kernels.  Perhaps I am mistaken and, in fact, there
> is no way to use the LVM stuff with kernel 2.2.5?
> 

Astonished about that, because patching the stock 2.2.5 kernel works here.

Did you do a

   cd /usr/src/linux
   gzip -dc YourPathToThePatch/lvm_0.6-patch-15031999a.gz | patch -p1

?

Please send me the stdout/stderr of that.

<SNIP>

Regards,
Heinz

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