[linux-lvm] Fwd: 2.4.0 kernel doesn't see LVM

Mark Phillips mark at infoeng.flinders.edu.au
Wed Jan 24 09:05:20 UTC 2001


dmeyer at dmeyer.net [dmeyer at dmeyer.net] wrote:
> In article <20010124184810.R715 at ist.flinders.edu.au> you write:
> > I tried compiling the final version of 2.4.0 with LVM compiled in, but
> > when I tried booting, it complained that it didn't know about my LVM
> > devices!  It seems strange that 2.4.0-test9 works fine but 2.4.0
> > doesn't.  Could it be that I need to upgrade to 0.9 of the LVM
> > software?
> 
> You got it - you need the 0.9 user tools from ftp.sistina.com.  BTW,
> you might want to think about going to 0.9.1beta2 - it's got some
> important fixes and it at least as stable as 0.9.

If I upgrade from 0.8 to 0.9.1beta2, will it be backward compatible?
That is, will I still be able to use LVM fine under my current
2.4.0-test9 kernel?

Thanks,

Mark.

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