This directory contains the version 0.6 release of 26/02/1999 Heinz Mauelshagen's LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for Linux tested with kernel 2.0.36 and 2.2.2. Look for newer versions at It includes all of the support for handling read/write operations on physical volumes (hard disks, RAID-Systems, magneto optical, etc. and even multiple devices (MD), see mdadd(8) etc.), creating volume groups from one or more physical volumes and creating one or more logical volumes 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. WARNING: ALPHA CODE CAN DESTROY YOUR DATA!!! But LVM should not ;*) 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