Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 26 Oct 2003 18:47:07 +0100 (CET) | From | Fabio Massimo Di Nitto <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4 <-> 2.6 compatibility |
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On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Jochen Hein wrote:
> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes: > > > As 2.6 starts stabilizing, PLEASE try to synch up major components of > > 2.6 and 2.4 so that the same user space can be used for either version. > > It's fine with modutils and stuff, but when it comes to LVM, these 2.4 > > and 2.6 versions are a problem. > > Debian SID contains lvm10, lvm2 and lvm-common, which can be installed > together and work for both kernels. Backport to woody was simple.
this is true in terms of userland utils but you still need to perform a transition of kernels. 2.4 -> 2.4 + devicemapper patch -> 2.6. Until now i couldn't find a way to jump directly from 2.4 to 2.6 and converting from lvm1 to lvm2 at the same time.
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