I would do the following: 1) rm -fr /dev/mapper/xxxxx where xxxx is the info about your vg/lv LVM. 2) rm -fr /dev/xxxx where xxx is the info about your vg/lv LVM. Then you can either use yast2 or do it manually. If you do it manually, let me know and I will send you the details. Regards, [EMAIL PROTECTED] NCCI Boca Raton, Florida 561.893.2415 greetings / avec mes meilleures salutations / Cordialmente mit freundlichen Grüßen / Med vänlig hälsning "Perry, Melissa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU dfarms.com> cc: Sent by: Linux on Subject: FW: LVM DISK PROBLEM!! 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 06/23/2005 01:14 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port ________________________________ From: Perry, Melissa Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 1:12 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: LVM DISK PROBLEM!! Got myself in a bind trying to remove of a volume that belongs to LVM ( I wanted to redo the whole LVM thing)...I did an unmount and then an lvremove of the disk...I then tried to to a vgcreate and it said that the name still existed. I then went into /dev/... and deleted the entry for the volume group. When I try to do the pvcreate or a vgremove, I get the following error ERROR: VGDA in kernel and lvmtab are NOT consistent; please run vgscan I have run this to no avail. HELP!!!!!! I am VERY VERY new to all of this...I am a Z/os person! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390