I think this is a very common question but i can not find the answer. any idea on how to access the partition on these lv since no device node? [root@fc3-i386-2 ~]# fdisk /dev/vg1/v1 -l Disk /dev/vg1/v1: 469 MB, 469762048 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 57 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/vg1/v1p1 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/vg1/v1p2 14 57 353430 83 Linux Thanks! Ming _______________________________________________ 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/