This directory contains the version 0.5 ALPHA release of           30/01/1999
Heinz Mauelshagen's LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for Linux
tested with kernel 2.0.36 and 2.2.0.

Look for newer versions at <http://linux.msede.com/lvm>


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

