The aoetools are programs that assist in using ATA over Ethernet on systems with version 2.6 Linux kernels. Systems running 2.4 Linux kernels do not need and should not install the aoetools. The aoe driver for 2.4 kernels is self sufficient. -------------------------------------------------------------------- AOE DRIVER COMPATIBILITY If you are using udev on your system, the aoe-mkdevs and aoe-mkshelf should not be used. Just let udev create device nodes for you. If you need to configure udev, its manpages, in conjunction with the example in the EtherDrive HOWTO FAQ, should help. If you are not using udev, it is important to ensure that the device nodes in /dev/etherd match the aoe driver. Please see devnodes.txt for information. -------------------------------------------------------------------- If you need to configure the software, look at the variables at the top of the Makefile. The defaults should work for most people. When using the defaults there's only one step to configure and install the aoetools software and documentation: make install You'll need sufficient permissions to install in the default locations if you haven't overridden them with your own locations. Please see the aoetools manpage for a brief list of the tools. These two are legacy commands for systems without udev. aoe-mkdevs create character and block device files aoe-mkshelf create block device files for one shelf address The aoetools homepage http://aoetools.sourceforge.net/ The Coraid homepage http://www.coraid.com/ http://www.coraid.com/support/linux/