Svetljo: Ah, that is wonderful to hear. Is there some reason why this is not noted in the How-To? Can we amend the How-To in order to document this information for first time implementers of this product? Very Respectfully, Stuart Blake Tener, IT3, USNR-R, N3GWG Beverly Hills, California VTU 1904G (Volunteer Training Unit) stuart@bh90210.net west coast: (310)-358-0202 P.O. Box 16043, Beverly Hills, CA 90209-2043 east coast: (215)-338-6005 P.O. Box 45859, Philadelphia, PA 19149-5859 Telecopier: (419)-715-6073 fax to email gateway via www.efax.com (it's free!) JOIN THE US NAVY RESERVE, SERVE YOUR COUNTRY, AND BENEFIT FROM IT ALL. Friday, September 14, 2001 5:23 PM -----Original Message----- From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On Behalf Of svetljo Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 3:13 PM To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Lock Patch i've forgoten > you saying that typing, "make" in the "PATCHES" directory will cause a patch to be generated specifically for my kernel? > thats actually the work of ./configure it trys to find out what you have, and what you need in PATCHES it chooses from all the patches the ones your kernel need , and " make " put them together in one patch for your kernel > What name will it be given? > The documentation says to add a dash dash kernel-dir= or something or other after the "./configure" command, are you saying it is better to use "./configure" absent that appended statement? > Where do I untar the LVM source? Does it matter where I do so? May I do it in /tmp? > 1 _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html