Hi, Mandriva 2006.0 Kernel 2.6.12-24 lvm2-2.01.09-1mdk LVM installed on whole devices, /dev/sdb, sdc and sdd. It has worked for over 2 years. Not sure if something in Mandriva regular update changed anything related....but now, upon reboot, the whole devices are seen as PV's. I have to run losetup (set them up as loop devices basically) then vgscan,pvscan,lvmdiskscan can see them, and i can mount my VG. What actually controls pvscan/vgscan commands? /dev/sdb1: No label detected /dev/sdc1: No label detected /dev/sdd1: No label detected Locking /var/lock/lvm/V_ASSIM_VG RB Finding volume group "ASSIM_VG" /dev/loop0: lvm2 label detected /dev/loop1: lvm2 label detected /dev/loop2: lvm2 label detected _Thanks Richard ____________________________________________________________________________________ Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ 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/