hi, I'm only an end-user (not a programmer... so i can't help you a lot). this is the problem... when i try to install (configure, make, make install) the lvm 1.0.4/1.1 rc2 on my (out of the box) redhat 7.3, i receive an error... [root@unixguest 1.0.4]# ./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for mawk... (cached) gawk checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c checking whether ln -s works... (cached) yes checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes checking for dirent.h that defines DIR... (cached) yes checking for opendir in -ldir... (cached) no checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking for fcntl.h... (cached) yes checking for malloc.h... (cached) yes checking for sys/ioctl.h... (cached) yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking for working const... (cached) yes checking for inline... (cached) inline checking for off_t... (cached) yes checking for pid_t... (cached) yes checking for size_t... (cached) yes checking for st_rdev in struct stat... (cached) yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... (cached) yes checking whether gcc needs -traditional... (cached) no checking return type of signal handlers... (cached) void checking for vprintf... (cached) yes checking for mkdir... (cached) yes checking for rmdir... (cached) yes checking for uname... (cached) yes creating ./config.status creating Makefile creating make.tmpl creating PATCHES/Makefile creating tools/Makefile creating tools/tools_and_lib.make.tmpl creating tools/lib/Makefile creating tools/man8/Makefile [root@unixguest 1.0.4]# [root@unixguest 1.0.4]# make make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools' make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib' make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib' gcc -c -pipe -g -O0 -Wall -DDEBUG -I../../tools/lib -I../../tools -I/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib -o basename.o basename.c In file included from ../../tools/lib/liblvm.h:59, from basename.c:34: /usr/include/linux/autoconf.h:1:2: #error Invalid kernel header included in userspace make[3]: *** [basename.o] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib' make[2]: *** [all] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib' make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8' make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8' make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8' make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/man8' make[2]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools' gcc -c -pipe -g -O0 -Wall -DDEBUG -I../tools/lib -I../tools -I/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools/lib -o e2fsadm.o e2fsadm.c In file included from ../tools/lib/liblvm.h:59, from ../tools/lvm_user.h:43, from e2fsadm.c:55: /usr/include/linux/autoconf.h:1:2: #error Invalid kernel header included in userspace make[2]: *** [e2fsadm.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools' make[1]: *** [all] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4/tools' make[1]: Entering directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4' ********************************** There were errors in your compile. ********************************** make[1]: *** [.touchbuilt] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/LVM/LVM/1.0.4' make: *** [all] Error 2 [root@unixguest 1.0.4]# by _______________________________________________ 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