hello, My configuration is : Debian 3.0 Kernel 2.4.18 lvm10 debian package. i want to convert my root fs to LVM and i follow the HOWTO instructions. in my initrd image i add block, ide, scsi, fs and net drivers. my linuxrc is : #!/bin/sh /sbin/modprobe ext3 /sbin/modprobe ext2 /sbin/modprobe ips /sbin/modprobe aic7xxx /sbin/modprobe lvm-mod /bin/mount /proc /sbin/vgscan /sbin/vgchange -a y /bin/umount /proc when i boot, all drivers are load but mount, vgscan and vgchange doesn't work : can't create lock file /etc/mtab17 : permision denied (use -n flag to override) vgscan -- ERROR "creating lvmtab" creating lvmtab -- no volume groups found vgchange -- ERROR "/etc/lvmtab" doesn't exist: please run vgscan . . . . VFS: cannot open device 3a:00 kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs 3a:00 where is the problem Thanks Philippe LEBRETON _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/