Have you tried '--manglename none' if you aren't using a udev system that mangles names? (Also available via environmnet variable - see man page.) 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/