On Fri, 14 Nov 2008, Chris Edwards wrote: > mount -o loop wdcdns1.img /mnt/tmp/ > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > --- > mount -t xfs -o loop,ro,noatime,nodev,nofsck ~/wdcdns1.img /mnt/tmp/ > > mount: unknown filesystem type 'xfs' If the filesystem is indeed xfs, then you are missing the xfs module in your kernel. On Centos, it is in extras and must be installed separately. -- Stuart D. Gathman <stuart@bmsi.com> Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154 "Confutatis maledictis, flammis acribus addictis" - background song for a Microsoft sponsored "Where do you want to go from here?" commercial. _______________________________________________ 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/