# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| lvm: lvm (Logical Volume Manager) lvm: lvm: Heinz Mauelshagen's LVM (Logical Volume Manager) for Linux. lvm: LVM adds an additional layer between the physical peripherals and the lvm: I/O interface in the 2.4.x kernel to get a logical view of disks. lvm: This allows the concatenation of several disks (so-called physical lvm: volumes or PVs) to form a storage pool (so-called Volume Group or VG) lvm: with allocation units called physical extents (called PE). With LVM, lvm: you can actually extend, resize, or relocate storage dynamically. lvm: lvm: