so.. i did: (with 1.0.6 tools) dd if=/dev/zero of=/testlvmimage bs=1024k count=300 losetup /dev/loop0 /testlvmimage pvcreate /dev/loop vgcreate test /dev/loop0 lvcreate -l 8 -n testlv test mkfs.ext3 /dev/test/testlv then copy some files.. vgchange -an and (with lvm2 tools): vgconvert -M2 test then: debian:~# mount /dev/test/testlv /teszt mount: /dev/test/testlv is not a valid block device so.. any idea? :) check http://tom.tdc.hu/~nagyz/lvm thnx! NagyZ _______________________________________________ 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/