The basic X86 live-cd version 1.4rc2 has EVMS 1.2.1 support built into the kernel dmesg: [...] evms: EVMS v1.2.1 initializing .... info level(5). [...] while the userspace utilities are still 1.2.0. evms: EVMS Command Line Interpreter Version 1.2.0 Engine: The EVMS kernel does not supply a version of its ioctl interface that is compatible with this Engine. Engine: The Engine requires EVMS kernel ioctl version 11.0.0. Engine: The kernel's EVMS ioctl version number is 12.0.0. Unable to open the EVMS Engine. Engine returns code 38. So there is no way to change the EVMS configuration with the tools provided on the LiveCD.
*** Bug 13167 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 13549 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 13631 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
modprobe evms; evmsn should work on the latest (13 Jan 2003) experimental LiveCD (tested it). Closing this bug, and thank you for the report.