On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 01:51:57AM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > Add conv=odirect to dd > Add blockdev --flushbufs after other writes. Applications like lvm2 have those things built in to guarantee metadata consistency at application level. Alasdair -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel