No - I'm suggesting you need to check if any *whole device* PVs like hdd actually have partition tables on them, and if so, remove them. Alasdair _______________________________________________ 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/