Some additional information regarding my earlier posting: Seems like there is some configuration backup present in /etc/lvmconf/vg.conf detailing some information of the "lost" vg. It give the VG UUID, Free and Alloc PE etc. Unfortunately the reported free PE size does not seem as I remember it. It says there should be 10GB allocated and about 27GB free. As I remember it I allocated all. I don't dare to use this config file to "restore" things for fear of breaking things even more and thwarting my chances of a complete recovery. Opinions? regards, Jan -- Message originates from the laptop of: J.B Rhebergen, Scientist EM Effects, TNO-FEL _______________________________________________ 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/