On Tuesday 23 September 2003 02:40 am, Luca Berra wrote: > > you are using lvm 1 with a kernel compiled with devfs > you have to use the long devfs names, check /proc/partitions > Thanks for the tip. Tried this: vgcreate genis /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 vgcreate genis /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc and got the same error message (vgcreate -- no valid physical volumes in command line) Any clues as to what is going on here? Qv6 _______________________________________________ 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/