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diff --git a/libraries/libldm/README b/libraries/libldm/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3af2a62a2f --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/libldm/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +libldm is a tool and library for +managing Microsoft Windows Dynamic Disks. +which use Microsoft's LDM metadata. It can inspect them +and also create and remove device-mapper block devices +which can be mounted. + +Although a filesystem can be mounted read-write +and its contents modified, ldmtool is not able to +modify the LDM metadata itself. That is, it cannot +create, remove or edit dynamic disks. + +It is also not able to mount RAID5 volumes which +have a partition missing, although it can mount mirrored +volumes with a partition missing. However, +mounting a volume with a missing partition is not recommended, +as ldmtool does not update the LDM metadata in any way. +This means Windows will have no way to determine that the partitions +are not synchronised when it subsequently mounted, +which may result in corruption. + + |