[linux-lvm] 2.4 LVM1 devfs -> 2.6.0 LVM2 devfs

[Francis SOUYRI]

Hi Patrick

Thank yo, I'll try to implement the same installation on my system (no 
Debian).

Best regards.

Francis

Patrick Caulfield wrote:

>On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 11:10:42AM +0100, Francis SOUYRI wrote:
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>>Hi Patrick,
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>>I have a full ("/" is also a logical volume) LVM1 2.4 devfs system, and 
>>I want to test the LVM2 2.6 devfs kernel.
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>>I want to have the possibility to boot the 2.4 or the 2.6 kernel with 
>>the same filesystems.
>>
>>You say "lvm-common will detect whether you have device-mapper or LVM1 
>>in the kernel and use the appropriate LVM tools". What is lvm-common ? 
>>And if lvm-common can use the appropriate LVM tools how to install the 
>>LVM1 and LVM2 tools in the same filesystem ("same" binaries)
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>lvm-common is the Debian package that switches between LVM versions on the
>same system. If you install the "lvm10" or "lvm2" packages then this will get
>installed by default.
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>The Debian LVM binaries get installded lib /lib/lvm-<version> and lvm-common
>decides at run-tim which one is the most appropriate to use.
> 
>Of course you must use the Debian packages to get this, if you build your own
>tools from source then you're on your own :) (building your own kernels is fine
>though)
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