i have fallow this order of make LVM: root]# pvdisplay /dev/hde1 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdf1 /dev/hdh1 pvdisplay -- "/dev/hde1" is a new physical volume of 19.08 GB pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdg1" is a new physical volume of 37.27 GB pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdf1" is a new physical volume of 19.07 GB pvdisplay -- "/dev/hdh1" is a new physical volume of 74.53 GB ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- root]# pvdata /dev/hde1 /dev/hdg1 /dev/hdf1 /dev/hdh1 --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hde1 VG Name PV Size 19.08 GB PV# 0 PV Status NOT available Allocatable NO Cur LV 0 PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID Freu4z-rtFG-3LWO-DwoW-KQJQ-kPdH-TFrgod --- Volume group --- VG Name VG Access error VG Status NOT available/NOT resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 0 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 0 Max PV 0 Cur PV 0 Act PV 0 VG Size 0 PE Size 0 Total PE 0 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID HM --- List of logical volumes --- --- List of physical volume UUIDs --- --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdg1 VG Name PV Size 37.27 GB PV# 0 PV Status NOT available Allocatable NO Cur LV 0 PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID oo7uc1-eFc6-wlO0-co9Z-oPf7-U0ss-cnitXm --- Volume group --- VG Name VG Access error VG Status NOT available/NOT resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 0 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 0 Max PV 0 Cur PV 0 Act PV 0 VG Size 0 PE Size 0 Total PE 0 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID HM --- List of logical volumes --- --- List of physical volume UUIDs --- --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdf1 VG Name PV Size 19.07 GB PV# 0 PV Status NOT available Allocatable NO Cur LV 0 PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID AeUf2I-823S-r24W-QFg0-4WYJ-s4qS-Df7SBi --- Volume group --- VG Name VG Access error VG Status NOT available/NOT resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 0 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 0 Max PV 0 Cur PV 0 Act PV 0 VG Size 0 PE Size 0 Total PE 0 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID HM --- List of logical volumes --- --- List of physical volume UUIDs --- --- NEW Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdh1 VG Name PV Size 74.53 GB PV# 0 PV Status NOT available Allocatable NO Cur LV 0 PE Size (KByte) 0 Total PE 0 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID t2Y5MW-WhMO-asqF-PZTS-9WFi-SLR5-pZR5fY --- Volume group --- VG Name VG Access error VG Status NOT available/NOT resizable VG # 0 MAX LV 0 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 MAX LV Size 0 Max PV 0 Cur PV 0 Act PV 0 VG Size 0 PE Size 0 Total PE 0 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 0 / 0 VG UUID HM --- List of logical volumes --- --- List of physical volume UUIDs --- ------------------------------------------------------ root]# pvscan pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target0/lun0/part1" is in no VG [37.27 GB] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus1/target1/lun0/part1" is in no VG [74.53 GB] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/part1" is in no VG [19.08 GB] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/ide/host2/bus0/target1/lun0/part1" is in no VG [19.07 GB] pvscan -- total: 4 [149.96 GB] / in use: 0 [0] / in no VG: 4 [149.96 GB] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- root]# vgcreate test-vg /dev/hd[e-h]1 vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line i have this error, can samebady help me out? thanks on davance. chimo _______________________________________________ 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/