On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 06:16:31PM +0200, Mika Lansirinne wrote: > I was trying to use a loop device(s) for LVM. In the pvcreate man-page it is > said that a PV can also be a loopback file. That also seem to work correct. > But when I try to create a VG on that I get: > > [root@arthur /tmp]# vgcreate tmpvg /dev/loop0 > vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line I didnt bother to look deep into those messages but first though that came into my mind is that you didn't mention losetup. You did this? -- Do not meddle in the affairs of gurus, for they can make your life miserable by doing nothing. -- .sig of Joe Zeff