> > > The idea that a disk partition needs Unix file to be able to read it is > > absolutely astonishing. > > What? I'm getting two different answers here. One person says I don't need /etc/lvm.*, the other says I do! FWIW, I'm running Linux version 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL having 'upgraded' from RedHat9 to Scientific Linux 4 (a RedHat Enterprise clone), and I can't see my LVM.. Of course I have backups but it worries me for the future. 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/