Hello, I think there is a problem with lvm, xfs and 2.4.12. I got a clean 2.4.12 kernel and applied "patch -p1 < /home/fzzgrr/ftpdownload/linux-2.4.12-xfs-2001-10-11.patch" Works fine. Then I built a new patch as described in the dokus of 1.0.1-rc4 and tryed it: home:/usr/src/linux# patch -p1 < /usr/local/src/LVM/1.0.1-rc4/PATCHES/lvm-1.0.1-rc4-2.4.12.patch patching file include/linux/lvm.h patching file drivers/md/lvm.c patching file drivers/md/lvm-internal.h patching file drivers/md/lvm-snap.c patching file drivers/md/lvm-fs.c patching file drivers/md/Makefile Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] y patching file drivers/md/lvm-snap.h (I tryed option [n] as well) So I configured and kompiled the kernel, "make dep clean" works fine, but "make bzImage" resaults as follows: ... drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_init': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x86): undefined reference to `lvm_init_fs' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_cleanup': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x1bc): undefined reference to `lvm_fin_fs' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_vg_create': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x19f6): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_create_vg' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_vg_rename': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x1f4c): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_remove_vg' drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x20fb): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_create_vg' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_vg_remove': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x2159): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_remove_vg' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_pv_create': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x2365): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_create_pv' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_pv_remove': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x23a4): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_remove_pv' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_lv_create': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x2d44): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_create_lv' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_lv_remove': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x2e43): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_remove_lv' drivers/md/mddev.o: In function `lvm_do_lv_rename': drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x3d5a): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_remove_lv' drivers/md/mddev.o(.text+0x3d7d): undefined reference to `lvm_fs_create_lv' make[1]: *** [kallsyms] Fehler 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.12' make: *** [vmlinux] Fehler 2 If I only apply one patch, it works fine. If I try the other way round, first lvm then xfs patch, I get a lotta more mistakes applying the patches. Any ideas? Regards Uli -- 'The box said, 'Requires Windows 95 or better', so i installed Linux - TKK 5