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>Chapter 1. What is LVM?</H1
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> LVM is a Logical Volume Manager for the Linux operating system.
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There are now two version of LVM for Linux:
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> LVM 2 - The latest and greatest version of LVM for Linux.
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> LVM 2 is almost completely backward compatible with
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volumes created with LVM 1. The exception to this is
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upgrading to LVM 2)
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> LVM 2 uses the device mapper kernel driver. Device mapper
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> LVM 1 is a mature product that has been considered stable
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for a couple of years. The kernel driver for LVM 1 is
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that your 2.4.x kernel is up to date with the latest
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version of LVM. Look at the <A
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