On Fri January 30 2009 14:46:19 Bhasker C V wrote: > it shows hda1 as lvm volume but is able to mount it in /boot as an ext3 > file system. Also the e2fsck succeeds. e2fs looks at the beginning of the partition, lvm and md look at the end. > how do i restore hda1 to be a normal ext2 linux partition pvremove will remove the LVM label from the end of the partition. You might want to backup the data first, just to be safe. --Mike Bird