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Latest revision as of 16:34, 17 March 2009
| Download Source: | ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/dm/device-mapper.1.02.28.tgz |
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Contents
Introduction to Device-mapper
The Device-mapper is a new component of the linux kernel that supports logical volume management.
Project Homepage: http://sources.redhat.com/dm/
Dependencies
Non-Multilib
Compile the package:
./configure --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-dmeventd \
--enable-pkgconfig --disable-selinux &&
make
Install the package:
make install
Multilib
32Bit
Compile the package:
CC="gcc ${BUILD32}" ./configure --mandir=/usr/share/man \
--enable-dmeventd --enable-pkgconfig --disable-selinux &&
make
Install the package:
make install
N32
Compile the package:
sed -i "/usrlibdir/s:/lib:&32:" configure &&
CC="gcc ${BUILDN32}" ./configure --mandir=/usr/share/man \
--enable-dmeventd --libdir=/lib32 \
--enable-pkgconfig --disable-selinux &&
make
Install the package:
make install
64Bit
Compile the package:
sed -i "/usrlibdir/s:/lib:&64:" configure &&
CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --libdir=/lib64 \
--mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-dmeventd \
--enable-pkgconfig --disable-selinux &&
make
Install the package:
make install
Configuration
Bootscript
The following bootscript is only needed in very specific situations, namely, if you use an initramfs or some other early userspace to initialize device mapper. This script only runs dmsetup mknodes and reports the status of the command on start. If you need this functionality, install the bootscript with the following command.
make install-devmapper
