I've determined that this was caused by the DAC960 driver when LVM attempted to open a device that did not exist, which would have been attached to that controller. A fixed driver fixed this problem. Mark On 14 Aug, To: linux-lvm@sistina.com wrote: > Hi, wasn't sure how to report this problem. I'll run through what I've > done so far. I'm running a 2.6.0-test3 kernel using LVM2 2.00.05. I > run: > > pvcreate /dev/sde > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde bs=1k count=1 > blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sde > vgcreate log_volume /dev/sde > > I ran strace on vgcreate, and I'll attached the output. Is there any > other information I can provide? _______________________________________________ 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/