Hi -- I have four 160 GB IDE disks, and wanted to install software RAID 4/5 *and* LVM, and wanted to ask a couple of brief questions: a) Do I need LVM if I want to see a single partition (or can RAID do this for me)? b) Do I first install RAID, then LVM? Are there any difficulties with these installs? (I have already successfully done LVM on its own) c) Are there any reasons why I shouldn't use both RAID and LVM? Thanks in advance, Dave _______________________________________________ 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