How about posting mdadm status and pvs output? Are you doing this with a script in rapid fire? What happens if you slow it down with a sleep? Why the -f flag to pvcreate? _______________________________________________ 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/