Alasdair G Kergon <agk@uk.sistina.com> wrote: > And there's a clue in that error message: the PV's UUID is meant > to appear between 'PV' and 'on' - but it's empty. Hmmm. Does this help: [navindra@vinata navindra]# lvm1-pvdisplay /dev/hda6 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part6 VG Name bytepool PV Size 10 GB [20964762 secs] / NOT usable 32.19 MB [LVM: 129 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes (but full) Cur LV 5 PE Size (KByte) 32768 Total PE 318 Free PE 0 Allocated PE 318 PV UUID none As you see, it claims there is no UUID. > Please send me a copy of your metadata so I can try to reproduce > the problem. Thanks a lot for your followup! I've sent the information you requested. Cheers, Navin. _______________________________________________ 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/