folx, i've just discovered another problem (which was preventing me from pvcreating one of my partitions): fdisk seems to be confused about the partition table: Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 1021 3675 21326287+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hda3 3676 3722 377527+ 82 Linux swap Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Re-read table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy. Reboot your system to ensure the partition table is updated. WARNING: If you have created or modified any DOS 6.x partitions, please see the fdisk manual page for additional information. Syncing disks. [root@villa root]# fdisk -s /dev/hda1 8193118 [root@villa root]# fdisk -s /dev/hda2 265072 [root@villa root]# fdisk -s /dev/hda3 0 v. odd. i believe that this is a separate problem from the one i reported earlier, but i thought that i would mention it. todd underwood, vp & cto oso grande technologies, inc. todd@osogrande.com "Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
