This directory contains the version 0.8 release of 21/02/2000 Heinz Mauelshagen's LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for Linux Look for newer versions and additional information at http://linux.msede.com/lvm/ Files: lvm_0.8final.tar.gz - LVM user mode tools and library (compatible with v0.final kernel patch) Driver included since Linux 2.3.47. What is LVM: LVM includes all of the support for handling read/write operations on physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc., multiple devices (MD), see mdadd(8) or even loop devices, see losetup(8)), creating volume groups (kind of virtual disks) from one or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes (kind of logical partitions) in volume groups. LVM is free software. See the file COPYING and COPYING.LIB for copying permission. See INSTALL for a copy of the installation information as plain ASCII. See LVM-HOWTO for further information. Please send information of the following class to ----------------- ------------------------------------------- bug reports Linux-LVM-Bug@EZ-Darmstadt.Telekom.de patches Linux-LVM-Patch@EZ-Darmstadt.Telekom.de enhancement ideas Linux-LVM-Enhancement@EZ-Darmstadt.Telekom.de other information Linux-LVM@EZ-Darmstadt.Telekom.de Please read the FAQ _first_ and remember to tell me about your hardware/software configuration and the steps you made (stdout, stderr with tool option -d) leading to your problem. Thank you 8-{) Heinz Mauelshagen