On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Dax Kelson wrote: > For those using LVM on RHL9 and who want to play with the 2.6 kernel. > > FYI.... ha. i was *just* about to forward that to the shrike list myself, until i read it more closely. note that it refers to LVM2 and device mapper support only for the 2.4 kernels so far, with 2.6 support "underway". so it's close but not here yet. rday P.S. i'm starting to appreciate the wisdom of moving all of the 2.6-related stuff to the redhat-devel-list, if folks are still keen on doing that, just to free up bandwidth here. thoughts? > Dax Kelson > Guru Labs > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: LVM 2.0/Device-Mapper 1.0 available at ftp.sistina.com > > Date: 18 Jul 2003 17:36:51 +0100 > > > > *** ANNOUNCEMENT *** > > > > LVM 2.0/Device-Mapper 1.0 available at ftp.sistina.com > > (for kernels 2.4.20 and 2.4.21) > > > > Highlights > > ~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > o Support for online data relocation (pvmove) > > > > o New metadata display tools with a configurable column-based output > > (pvs, vgs, lvs) > > > > o New format for LVM metadata providing enhanced resilience > > > > o LVM2 Tools can also use LVM1 metadata > > > > o Conversion between LVM1 and LVM2 metadata formats to > > enable in-place migration of existing LVM1 volume groups > > > > o New metadata backup format that is human-readable > > > > o Configuration file for specifying which devices LVM may use, logging > > levels and more > > > > o Arbitrary extension of striped logical volumes (beyond LVM1 limits) > > > > o Removal of the 256 Logical Volume limit per system (multiple dynamic > > major numbers) > > > > > > The port of the snapshot and pvmove functionality to Linux 2.6 is underway > > and will be available soon. > > > > > > Please retrieve the tarballs for Device-Mapper and LVM using the > > following URLS: > > > > ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/tools/LVM2.0-stable.tgz > > ftp://ftp.sistina.com/pub/LVM2/device-mapper/device-mapper-stable.tgz > > > > Please use the linux-lvm@xxxxxxxxxxx mailing list for feedback. > > > > Thanks a lot for your support of LVM. > > > > Regards, > > The LVM development team > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > -- > Shrike-list mailing list > Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list > -- Robert P. J. Day Eno River Technologies Unix, Linux and Open Source training http://www.enoriver.com Hypothetical Bush defense: "Hey, don't blame me! I was just doing what I was told!" Subsequent NY Times headline: "Modest president credits staff work" -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
