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<SNIP> [r...@p07cd01 ~]# fdisk /dev/sdi The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 17921843. <SNIP> This is rather large for cylinder count - looks like the VTOC is completely corrupted. Can we zero then re-write a valid one. # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdi bs=512 count=1 Then go thru the process I emailed earlier - the new DOS then # vxdisk init sdi # vxdisksetup -i sdi You may be able to parted to dump / replace that of sda to sdi - if they are same geometry - then # vxdisk -f init sdi Stuart _______________________________________________ Veritas-vx maillist - Veritas-vx@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-vx