I've been giving this a lot of thought, and I still can't find any documented way to do this. Would it be possible to extend the linear lv onto a striped lv area, move the data to the new extents and then remove the old lv area using lvreduce perhaps? Sincerely, Doug Eubanks <a href="mailto:admin@dougware.net">admin@dougware.net</a> <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Doug Eubanks <<a href="mailto:admin@dougware.net">admin@dougware.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Is it possible to convert a logical volume that's only on one physical volume to a striped logical volume without data loss, and preferably online? Thanks Doug Eubanks <a href="mailto:admin@dougware.net" target="_blank">admin@dougware.net</a> </blockquote></div>