From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262052AbTLPTMi (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:12:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262070AbTLPTMi (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:12:38 -0500 Received: from tmr-02.dsl.thebiz.net ([216.238.38.204]:64522 "EHLO gatekeeper.tmr.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262052AbTLPTMh (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:12:37 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: gatekeeper.tmr.com!davidsen From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) Newsgroups: mail.linux-kernel Subject: Re: Device-mapper submission for 2.4 Date: 16 Dec 2003 19:01:08 GMT Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY Message-ID: References: X-Trace: gatekeeper.tmr.com 1071601268 949 192.168.12.62 (16 Dec 2003 19:01:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@tmr.com Originator: davidsen@gatekeeper.tmr.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article , Paul Jakma wrote: | I'd really like to see one of: | | - backwards compat: 2.6 have LVM1 support | | - forward compat: 2.4 to have DM support to allow 2.4 users to | migrate | LVM->DM first /before/ taking the risk on running 2.6. Hate to say it, but unlike XFS which has been available for 2.4 for ages and very well tested, DM for 2.4 has all the joy of a newly posted feature. I really think that you will find the *if* you want DM you will be safer going to 2.6 and using the version which has been reasonably well tested. You will want to do a full backup before going to a new o/s in any case, if your data is of value. -- bill davidsen CTO, TMR Associates, Inc Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.