Sistina instructions 4 installing LVM S/W on LINUX

[Gerald_2]

The instructions for installing
the sistina LVM S/W into RH 7.x
kernel is a littel vague to me. Can someone who has done this
before, elaborate on the "INSTALL" instructions in steps
2, 4, and 5. I listed those
instructions here:

2.) Change directories to the directory where you want to build
the lvm utilities and run the configure script from the
source directory. You will need to tell configure where
the kernel source is located using --with-kernel_dir=.

4. Configure and build a new kernel following the instructions
in the README file at the top of the kernel source tree.
Make sure that you enable lvm when configuring the kernel
(you should find it under block devices).
5. Install the new kernel and modules making sure you have
some means of booting the old kernel if something goes
wrong.


Thank you.


gerald

[CPHVF-U Guard · Accepted solution]

Linux 2.4.16, LVM 1.0.1 (not rc-[1-4])

Copy old kernel-cfg.
delete/move /usr/src/linux

Download to /usr/src
# cd /usr/src
# tar xfz linux-2.4.16.tar.gz
# tar xfz lvm_1.0.1.tar.gz

# cd /usr/src/linux
# make dist-clean mrproper
# cd /usr/src/LVM/1.0.1
# ./configure (options?)
# make
# cd /usr/src/linux
# patch -p1 < /usr/src/LVM/1.0.1/PATCHES/lvm*2.4.16.patch

copy YourOldConfig .config

# make oldconfig
# make dep clean bzImage
copy bzImage and System.map to /boot/*-2.4.16
edit /etc/lilo.conf
run /sbin/lilo
# cd /usr/src/LVM/1.0.1 ; make install