Hi again, I've reconfigured and repartitioned my drives and now I run into this error message: # lvcreate -i52 -I8 -l225420 -n mydata data_volume Insufficient space in params[] to write target parameters. Unable to build table for 'mydata' Couldn't populate device 'data_volume-mydata'. Failed to activate new LV. vgdisplay says this, if it helps: --- Volume group --- VG Name data_volume System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 52 Metadata Sequence No 1 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 256 Cur LV 0 Open LV 0 Max PV 256 Cur PV 52 Act PV 52 VG Size 880.55 GB PE Size 4.00 MB Total PE 225420 Alloc PE / Size 0 / 0 Free PE / Size 225420 / 880.55 GB VG UUID WgC7yB-QkUx-aYy8-nAhp-SuYj-sRZ5-pmNvUv I've copied a new lvm2.log.gz file to: http://developer.osdl.org/markw/lvm2.log.gz Let me know if there's anything else I can provide. Thanks, Mark _______________________________________________ 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/