>If you could tell me what your machine prints before the kernel panic i >could try to guess what happened hmmmm... this looks a little suspicious: invalid compressed format (err=2)<6> Freeing initrd memory 451k freed _______________________________________________ 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/