ok, so i missed a fairly important step in my instructions (no worry, it
won't break anything) but it can be run manually just to get things going.
from the device-mapper INSTALL file,
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4) If you are using the ioctl interface but not devfs then install
scripts/devmap_mknod.sh to run either:
Each time the kernel boots
e.g. add to /etc/rc*
Or whenever the device-mapper is loaded (if you built it as a module)
e.g. add the following line to /etc/modules.conf and run depmod -a
and use modprobe dm-mod to load the module
post-install dm-mod /etc/init.d/devmap_mknod.sh
The script creates the /dev/mapper/control device for the ioctl
interface using the major and minor numbers that have been allocated
dynamically. It prints a message if it works or else it fails silently
with a non-zero status code (which you probably want to test for).
5) You can now boot your new kernel and use 'dmsetup' to test the API.
Read the dmsetup man page for more information.
Or proceed to install the new LVM2 tools.
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so once everything is installed, you can just manually run
that scripts/devmap_mknod.sh file to build the appropriate
device files. then, at least, something simple like
# pvcreate --version
actually works.
which leads us into the next couple of 2.6-related issues
that people might want to chat about:
a) devfs
b) the new modprobe.conf file
rday
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