On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 10:26:18PM +0200, Kai Iskratsch wrote: > Cannot change metadata for partial volume group Data > Restore failed > how can I restore the metadata to the new disk? There was some info about this on the list before IIRC: If you're editing a text backup file intending to restore from it, you need to make sure it's completely how you want it first - check the VG has status READ and WRITE and not PARTIAL. Alasdair -- agk@uk.sistina.com _______________________________________________ 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/