On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 07:35:00AM -0700, jeff wrote: > volumes on this box, but creating this big one (~350gb) on my new > software-raid5 array is giving me grief. i can mke2fs /dev/md2 just > fine, but when i try to install lvm2..: Two things to try: 1) Set up filters in lvm.conf to make sure LVM only looks at /dev/md and not the underlying devices directly. 2) Use a bigger Physical Extent size with vgcreate. If that still doesn't work, run with the verbose flags (-vvv) or set the debug log-to-file options in lvm.conf to get more diagnostic information. 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/