My problem does still persist though. fileserver:~# vgscan -vv Setting global/locking_type to 1 Setting global/locking_dir to /var/lock/lvm File-based locking enabled. Wiping cache of LVM-capable devices /dev/4474.old/storage: stat failed: No such file or directory /dev/cdrom: stat failed: No such file or directory Wiping internal cache Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Finding all volume groups /dev/hda: No label detected /dev/hdc: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc1: No label detected /dev/hda2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hda5: No label detected /dev/hda6: No label detected /dev/hda7: No label detected /dev/hdb: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdd: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdb1: No label detected Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_4474 RB Finding volume group "4474" /dev/hda2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdb: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdd: lvm2 label detected /dev/hda2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdb: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdd: lvm2 label detected /dev/hda2: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdc: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdb: lvm2 label detected /dev/hdd: lvm2 label detected Found volume group "4474" using metadata type lvm2 Unlocking /var/lock/lvm/V_4474 the two lines " /dev/4474.old/storage: stat failed: No such file or directory" and " /dev/cdrom: stat failed: No such file or directory" I find curious. This could be nothing but then again, maybe it is. I am really too new to LVM to know. Terry Rigby _______________________________________________ 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/