In the end I moved the folders out of /etc/lvm and rpm -F lvms....rpm which I think re-installed a fresh version. It's a bit of a hack and I could have a kernel panic when I reboot. Finger's crossed! Dp. On 25 May 2007 at 16:44, Freddie wrote: > I think the trick was vgreduce --removemissing > > > On May 25, 2007, at 10:09 , Dermot Paikkos wrote: > > > Hi Admin, > > > > I had a test LVM volume that I used to get familiar with the > > concepts. I am now ready to create the volumes proper and so re- > > created the RAID containers from scratch. I didn't destroy the old > > volumes and now I am getting lots of errors when I do > > {pv,vg,lv}display. > > > > Is there some way I can remove all the old configuration? I have > > tried {lv,pv,vg}remove and I keep getting these type of errors: > > > > Couldn't find device with uuid 'wL5A4h-HlSu-Pabf-DulI-is2f-R8br- > > ZjhjMV'. > > Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group Archive. > > Couldn't find device with uuid 'wL5A4h-HlSu-Pabf-DulI-is2f-R8br- > > ZjhjMV'. > > Couldn't find all physical volumes for volume group Archive. > > Volume group "Archive" not found > > > > > > Contents of /etc/lvm: > > > > ./.cache > > ./archive > > ./archive/Archive_00000.vg > > ./backup > > ./backup/Archive > > ./lvm.conf > > > > Can anyone offer some advice? > > Thanx, > > Dp. > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux- > > admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More > > majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html