I have a full ("/" is also a logical volume) LVM1 2.4 devfs system, and I want to test the LVM2 2.6 devfs kernel.
I want to have the possibility to boot the 2.4 or the 2.6 kernel with the same filesystems.
You say "lvm-common will detect whether you have device-mapper or LVM1 in the kernel and use the appropriate LVM tools". What is lvm-common ? And if lvm-common can use the appropriate LVM tools how to install the LVM1 and LVM2 tools in the same filesystem ("same" binaries)
Best regards.
Francis
Patrick Caulfield wrote:
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 01:32:44PM +0100, Xavier Brouckaert wrote:
Hi,
As the 2.6.0 is out, it's time for me to see if I can switch to it.
What is the procedure and the things to know to switch from a 2.4 LVM1
devfs to a 2.6 LVM2 udev ? I'm using a debian/unstable. I've seen that
there was a package lvm2 (2.00.08-3) but the comment contains at the end
"requires Linux kernel 2.4.". Does this mean that this package really
cannot handle 2.6 kernels ?
No, that lvm2/devmapper packages handle 2.6 perfectly well. If you've got an LVM1 setup on your Debian box all you should need to do to switch to LVM2 and 2.6.0 is install the lvm2 packages and reboot into the new kernel.
I've also seen that devfs has been obsoleted by udev. However, I didn't
find a udev package for sid nor a kernel option for it (but I've read
that it is only in userspace). The udev FAQ
(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/hotplug/udev-FAQ) does not
mention if I need to install hotplug to have udev working.
I don't know about udev or hotplug. They are not required for LVM2/devmapper operation though.
Do I have to change something in /etc/lvmtab.d and /etc/lvmconf ?
No. lvm-common will detect whether you have device-mapper or LVM1 in the kernel and use the appropriate LVM tools.
It seems that a thing called "device-mapper" is needed, but I couldn't
find it in the kernel. Is it CONFIG_DM_IOCTL_V4 ? The "DM" substring
makes me think it's that but the comment in "make menuconfig" doesn't
say that it's for LVM nor that it's a device mapper.
Yes, you must compile in IOCTL_V4 support for device-mapper in 2.6.0. (actually I think that may have been fixed now but the old "V1" ioctls are deprecated). CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM is the device-mapper string but if you don't select that you won't even see the option for IOCTL_V4 !
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