Exactly which version of LVM2 was this (e.g. output of 'lvm version')? > # cat /sys/block/sdb/size > 12695042048 Use the 'blockdev' command - that gets the sizes the same way that lvm2 does. Alasdair -- agk@redhat.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/