With a 'standard' disk partition (ext3, etc.) I can be confident that if I have the partition I have the data: I can always just move the disk to another system and mount it. Is the same true for LVM? I am concerned that the LVM system also seems to need some information kept on the host files system in /etc/lvm* and that if I lose that I'm in serious trouble. John _______________________________________________ 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/