On Sat, 2003-12-20 at 04:30, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 04:47:18PM -0800, Rich Turner wrote: > > lvm2: > > look for "vgcreate" command and > Better to check for the new 'lvm' base command: other commands are > links to it: check that running 'lvm version' produces complete output. > That will also confirm that device-mapper is available in the live > kernel and that /dev/mapper/control is set up correctly. > (See device-mapper/scripts/devmap_mknod.sh) if i have 'device-mapper' and 'lvm version' produces complete output, is there anything else to check if lvm is supported on the system? is 'device-mapper' used for anything else besides lvm? does the kernel need to be built with 'lvm' support (which i believe was true with lvm1-created 'lvm-mod'), or does building a kernel for 'lvm' support just create 'dm-mod' loadable module/builtin 'dm-mod' kernel support? > > look for "device-mapper" in /proc/devices or > It's better to check for that in /proc/misc, which will tell you whether > or not device-mapper support is present in the running kernel. why is it better to check in /proc/misc? when device-mapper support is loaded, it shows up in both /proc/misc as well as /proc/devices. > > > look for "dm-mod" in /lib/modules/[release]/kernel/drivers/md/* > Better to attempt to load the module with modprobe and then do the > tests above to check it worked. > > Alasdair _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
