Thanks for the many replies. I was feeling a little lonely there for a moment. > I also don't know why your lvcreate dumps core. How recent are your > LVM tools? Try using the -d option to lvcreate to see how far it gets, > or run lvcreate from within gdb. LVM tools are 1.0.3 - but as I said, I was unable to run the patch against my kernel source -- and I need and -AC kernel to keep aquote happy. I know there is a LVM 1.1-rc1 release available, however, call me chicken but I don't dare installing software that comes with a note like "Disclaimer: This release is not meant to be run on production systems." Will try -d option later (no access to server from where I am now). How would I go about running lvcreate from within gdb? Sorry I'm not a programmer :-) _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html