# 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------------------------------------------------------| device-mapper: device-mapper (device-mapper for logical volume management) device-mapper: device-mapper: The goal of device-mapper is to support volume management. The device-mapper: driver enables the definition of new block devices composed of device-mapper: ranges of sectors of existing devices. This can be used to define device-mapper: disk partitions or logical volumes. device-mapper: device-mapper: device-mapper is required by LVM2, the Logical Volume Manager. device-mapper: device-mapper: device-mapper: