Re: [lvm-devel] Re: [linux-lvm] Re: *** ANNOUNCEMENT *** LVM 1.0 available at www.sistina.com

[Christoph Hellwig <hch ns caldera de>]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 10:16:23PM +0200, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> You can put the algorithm used by beta7 in a separate program and ask
> this program where the pe start. Since the beta7 tools knows where the
> pe_start (the proof is that I can use lvm in my machines), also this new
> program will know where the pe_start.

In principle yes, but beta7 is the wrong target, the one that needs to
be converted easily is the old (=0.9) format, people using betas should
really know what they are doing while a seamless upgrade from the latest
release version is a must.

	Christoph

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