<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com">Dear ALL,</a> I have a problem with LVM volume(details below) probably after bad shutdown: There are 2 volumes: lvm2 and lvm1 (just names, type is lvm-1). lvm2 is fine and mounted, and lvm1 has problems: # pvscan pvscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sda1" of VG "lvm2" [372.56 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- ACTIVE PV "/dev/sdb1" of VG "lvm2" [ 372.56 GB / 0 free] pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdg1" is associated to unknown VG "lvm1" (run vgscan) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdf1" is associated to unknown VG "lvm1" (run vgscan) pvscan -- inactive PV "/dev/hdb1" is associated to unknown VG "lvm1" (run vgscan) pvscan -- total: 5 [1.36 TB] / in use: 5 [1.36 TB] / in no VG: 0 [0] # vgscan vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...) vgscan -- found active volume group "lvm2" vgscan -- ERROR "vg_read_with_pv_and_lv(): current PV" can't get data of volume group "lvm1" from physical volume(s) vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume groups ls -l /dev/lvm* crw-r----- 1 root root 109, 0 2005-03-27 17:11 /dev/lvm /dev/lvm1: total 0 crw-r----- 1 root disk 109, 0 2007-01-05 17:14 group /dev/lvm2: total 0 crw-r----- 1 root disk 109, 1 2007-01-09 21:22 group brw-rw---- 1 root disk 58, 1 2007-01-09 21:22 lv2 System description: kernel 2.4.31 vanilla slackware-10.2.0 lvm-1.0.8-i486-1 any help will be greatly appreciated.