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>Added FAQ entry for max size of LVs in LVM2;
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'Moving a volume group to another system' recipe</TD
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>Updated to include LVM 2 and device mapper information;
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Updated email addresses;
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Updated copyright;
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>Updated Redhat initscript information for 7.0 and above;
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disk if pvcreate fails;
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> This document describes how to build, install, and configure
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LVM for Linux. A basic description of LVM is also included.
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well as LVM 1.0.8.
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>What is Logical Volume Management?</A
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>5.2. <A
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>5.3. <A
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>5.4. <A
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>5.5. <A
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>Checking Out Source Code</A
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><DT
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>5.6. <A
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>5.7. <A
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HREF="startproj.html"
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>Starting a Project</A
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><DT
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>5.8. <A
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>Hacking the Code</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>5.9. <A
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>Conflicts</A
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></DT
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>6. <A
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>6.1. <A
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>Building the device-mapper module</A
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><DT
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>6.2. <A
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>Build the LVM 1 kernel module</A
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>7.1. <A
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>7.3. <A
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><DT
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><DT
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><DT
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>SuSE</A
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>LVM 2 Boot Time Scripts</A
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><DT
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>9. <A
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>Building LVM from the Source</A
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><DD
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>9.1. <A
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></DT
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><DT
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>9.2. <A
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>Install LVM library and tools</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>9.3. <A
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>Removing LVM library and tools</A
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><DT
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>10. <A
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>Transitioning from previous versions of LVM to LVM 1.0.8</A
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>10.1. <A
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>Upgrading to LVM 1.0.8 with a non-LVM root partition</A
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><DT
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>10.2. <A
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>Upgrading to LVM 1.0.8 with an LVM root partition and initrd</A
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>11. <A
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>Common Tasks</A
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>11.1. <A
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HREF="initdisks.html"
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>Initializing disks or disk partitions</A
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><DT
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>11.2. <A
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HREF="createvgs.html"
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>Creating a volume group</A
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><DT
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>11.3. <A
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>Activating a volume group</A
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><DT
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>11.4. <A
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>Removing a volume group</A
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><DT
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>11.5. <A
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>Adding physical volumes to a volume group</A
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><DT
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>11.6. <A
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>Removing physical volumes from a volume group</A
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><DT
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>11.7. <A
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>Creating a logical volume</A
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><DT
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>11.8. <A
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>Removing a logical volume</A
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><DT
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>11.9. <A
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>Extending a logical volume</A
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><DT
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>11.10. <A
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>Reducing a logical volume</A
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><DT
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>11.11. <A
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>12.2. <A
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>13.1. <A
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><DT
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>13.2. <A
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>13.3. <A
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><DT
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>13.4. <A
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><DT
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>13.5. <A
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><DT
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>13.6. <A
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></DT
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><DT
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>13.7. <A
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>Splitting a volume group</A
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><DT
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>13.8. <A
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HREF="upgraderoottolvm.html"
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>Converting a root filesystem to
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LVM 1</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>13.9. <A
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HREF="recovermetadata.html"
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>Recover physical volume metadata</A
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></DT
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></DL
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></DD
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><DT
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>A. <A
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>Dangerous Operations</A
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></DT
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><DD
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><DL
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><DT
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>A.1. <A
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>Restoring the VG UUIDs using uuid_fixer</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>A.2. <A
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>Sharing LVM volumes</A
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></DT
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></DL
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></DD
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><DT
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>B. <A
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>Reporting Errors and Bugs</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>C. <A
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>Contact and Links</A
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><DD
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><DL
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>C.1. <A
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>Mail lists</A
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></DT
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><DT
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>C.2. <A
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>Links</A
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><DT
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>D. <A
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>GNU Free Documentation License</A
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><DT
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><DT
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>D.3. <A
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><DT
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><DT
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><DT
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><DT
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><DT
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><DT
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></DT
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><DT
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></DT
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><DT
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>D.12. <A
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your documents</A
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