Author: pierre
Date: Wed Mar 24 14:48:39 2021
New Revision: 24398

Log:
Some precisions for the About LVM page

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/aboutlvm.xml

Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/aboutlvm.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/aboutlvm.xml Wed Mar 24 10:56:37 2021        
(r24397)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/filesystems/aboutlvm.xml Wed Mar 24 14:48:39 2021        
(r24398)
@@ -133,10 +133,20 @@
 mkdir -p /srv/mysql
 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>
 
   <para>
@@ -183,9 +193,12 @@
 <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable 
home.mount</userinput></screen>
 
   <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>
 
 </sect1>
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