Also if things are read only, you might want to put /dev/mapper on tmpfs to cope with device numbers changing: mount -t tmpfs tmpfs /dev/mapper/ Alasdair (testing list 'From:' line) _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/