Changeset dd071443

Timestamp:

03/24/2021 09:48:39 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pieere@…>

Branches:

11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, kea, ken/inkscape-core-mods, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/python-mods, qt5new, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

b62ff55c

Parents:

9039d65

Message:

Some precisions for the About LVM page

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@24398 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/filesystems/aboutlvm.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

postlfs/filesystems/aboutlvm.xml

@@ -134 +134 @@
 mount /dev/lfs-lvm/mysql /srv/mysql</userinput></screen>
 
+  <para>
+    It may be needed to activate those logical volumes, for them to
+    appear in <filename class="directory">/dev</filename>. They can all
+    be activated at the same time by issuing, as the
+    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+  </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>vgchange -a y</userinput></screen>
+
   <para revision="sysv">
-    The LFS boot scripts automatically make these file systems available to
-    the system in the checkfs script. Edit the <filename>/etc/fstab</filename>
-    file as required to automatically mount them.
+    The LFS boot scripts automatically make these logical volumes available to
+    the system in the <command>udev</command> script. Edit the
+    <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> file as required to automatically mount
+    them.
   </para>
 
@@ -184 +194 @@
 
   <para>
-    For a more information about LVM, see the <ulink
+    For more information about LVM, see the <ulink
     url="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/">LVM HOWTO</ulink> and
-    the lvm man pages.
+    the lvm man pages. A good in-depth
+    <ulink url="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/logical_volume_manager_administration/index">
+    guide</ulink> is available from RedHat<superscript>&reg;</superscript>,
+    although it makes sometimes reference to proprietary tools.
   </para>