Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Feb 2000 16:30:51 +0000 (GMT) | From | A James Lewis <> | Subject | Re: [linux-lvm] *** ANNOUNCEMENT *** LVM 0.8final driver included in 2.3.47 |
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Does anyone know if MD has also been included in 2.3 and if you can create LVM's using MD devices?
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> > Logical Volume Driver 0.8final has been included in Linux 2.3.47. > > Thanks to Linus and to hundreds on the Web who helped to achive this! > > > Nevertheless some problems compiling 2.3.47 with LVM enabled arised > because some parts of the patch got lost during inclusion 8.{( > > You'll find the necessary patch to fix this at > <ftp://linux.msede.com/lvm/v0.8final/patch-2.3.47-lvm-2>. > > The version 0.8final of the user space library and tools can be found at > <ftp://linux.msede.com/lvm/v0.8final/lvm_0.8final.tar.gz> as well. > > New features are: > - support for multiple snapshot logical volumes per original > logical volume to for eg. enable consistent online backups > or recovery in filesystems and database systems. > > - sizes for eg. with lvcreate can be entered in fractions now > > - all errors now in plain text rather than numeric > > - variable VGDA backup history depth in /etc/lvmconf supported > by environment variable LVM_VG_MAX_BACKUPS (see vgcreate(8) and others) > > - automatic backup can be suppressed by environment variable > LVM_AUTOBACKUP (see vgcreate(8) and others) during bulk creates. > (the possibility to use option "-A n" with all > changing commands still exists) > > - enhanced debug tracing (Option -d of the tools) to show call depth > > > Heinz > -- > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Systemmanagement CS-TS T-Nova > Entwicklungszentrum Darmstadt > Heinz Mauelshagen Otto-Roehm-Strasse 71c > Senior Systems Engineer Postfach 10 05 41 > 64205 Darmstadt > mge@EZ-Darmstadt.Telekom.de Germany > +49 6151 886-425 > FAX-386 > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >
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