After line 95 of the aforementioned file, there is a missing "data = NULL;", which causes a crash when /etc/lvmtab is small (< 2 bytes) --- Terry Hardie terry at gxc.com Founder and Chief Technology officer ICQ#: 977679 Convergence Equipment Co, Manassas, VA, USA V: +1-703-361-5566 "Home of the BOB Class 4 convergence switch"