diff -ur LVM.orig/1.0.8/tools/lvmcreate_initrd LVM/1.0.8/tools/lvmcreate_initrd
--- LVM.orig/1.0.8/tools/lvmcreate_initrd	2003-11-17 16:58:56.000000000 +0100
+++ LVM/1.0.8/tools/lvmcreate_initrd	2004-09-13 12:07:23.000000000 +0200
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@
 # run out of room on the ramdisk while stripping the libraries.
 echo "$cmd -- stripping shared libraries"
 mkdir $TMPLIB
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+   echo "$cmd -- ERROR making $TMPLIB"
+   cleanup 1
+fi
 for LIB in $SHLIBS; do
    verbose "copy $LIB to $TMPLIB$LIB"
    mkdir -p `dirname $TMPLIB$LIB`