> arrakis ~ # > arrakis ~ # cat lvm.txt > #load device module > modprobe dm-mod > #change the volumes that exist to active > vgchange -ay I don't think you need to do this if all you want to do is mount the volumn. On the other hand, I don't know what it does either. Can't help you there. > #mount the logical partition > mkdir -p /mnt/VolGroup00/LogVol00 - After you make this directory the first time it will remain through reboots so you don't need to run this again until you remove it. > however, I'm not sure how to unmount, and I need to, > maybe, futz around with fstab. I am not sure why mount shows that directory as being busy. Maybe the vgchange command has something to do with it. I don't know how to undo that. If you get the proper line in fstab you can bypass the script. A line like /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /mnt/VolGroup/LogVol00 ext3 noauto 1 1 should work (on my syatem I made the directory name "/mnt/new" and it saves me some typing. now I can "mount /mnt/new" and "umount /mnt/new") A non-guru solution to unmounting the volumn is "shutdown -r now" Grins. -----------------------------------------------------