On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 02:45:21PM +0100, Thomas Voegtle wrote: > vgdisplay Free PE / Size 6127 / 25.70 GB > root@(none):~# lvcreate -L 25.50g datavolume -n datavolume > lvcreate Insufficient free extents (6127) in volume group datavolume: > 6528 required > So it seems lvcreate does not respect the unit in power of 1000? Use either: lvcreate -l 6127 or lvcreate -l 100%FREE 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/