[rhelv6-beta-list] My first experiences with RHEL6 beta

[Simon Matter]

> Chris Adams wrote:
>> Once upon a time, Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith at ieee.org> said:
>>> [ SIDE NOTE:  Linux LVM is modeled after Digital UNIX/Tru64's
>>> volume manager ]
>>
>> Really?  I've used DECs for years and didn't know that.  Looking around,
>> I see why: DEC killed "LVM" in favor of "LSM" a long time ago, and
>> Linux's LVM is based on DEC's old-dead-LVM (which I never used).  Yay
>> for copying what somebody else abandoned. :)
>>
> To be fair I think Sistina was looking at HP-UX LVM when they created
> Linux LVM.
>  From what I can find Linux LVM development was started in 1998 (v1.0
> released in 2000) and Digital UNIX dropped LVM with the 4.0B release in
> 1996.
>
> HP-UX LVM is still supported and looks pretty much identical to Linux LVM.

I can confirm that, coming from a HP/UX background I wondered how similar
LVM1 felt. That's why I was thinking Sistina knew HP/UX LVM very well, at
least how it's presented to the user.

Simon