The debian packages are pretty out of date (since 2.4.19 took _forever_), I'll be uploading new ones tonight. /proc/misc should definitely not be empty; is the device mapper driver loaded in the kernel? (lsmod |grep dm, if it's compiled as a module). On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 02:47:28PM -0400, pll+lvm@lanminds.com wrote: > > > In a message dated: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:45:47 BST > Joe Thornber said: > > >device-mapper is the kernel driver used by LVM2, there should be a > >debian package for this too. > > I've tried that, and even installing the device-mapper from sources. > > For some reason the devmap_mknod.sh script is unable to create the > /dev/device_mapper/control file. It appears that the problem is an > inability to find the minor number from /proc/misc, which happens to > be empty. > > Did I forget to configure something in my kernel which should be > appearing in my /proc/misc file? > > Thanks, > -- > > Seeya, > Paul > -- > It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, > but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. > > If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Broad surveillance is a mark of bad security. -- Bruce Schneier _______________________________________________ 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
