a 'vgdisplay -v' ends with the following: --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/cornucopia/gjester-u1 VG Name cornucopia LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 7 # open 0 LV Size 2.00 GB Current LE 32 Allocated LE 32 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 10000 Block device 58:6 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1 VG Name cornucopia LV Write Access read/write LV Status available LV # 7 # open 0 LV Size 2.00 GB Current LE 256 Allocated LE 256 Allocation next free Read ahead sectors 10000 Block device 58:6 interestingly enough, neither of these block devices exist any longer under /dev/cornucopia/. there wasn't any data on these LVs either, but, I can't remove them. a complete dump of 'lvremove -d /dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1' can be found here: <url: http://www.math.uio.no/~terjekv/tmp/lvremove-d > the interesting tidbits I find are: <4444> lv_check_consistency_all_lv -- vg->lv[7]: 0 name: (null) (twice) and the ending of it all: <1> lv_release -- CALLED with /dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1 <22> lv_check_name -- CALLED with lv_name: "/dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1" <333> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "/dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1" <333> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0 <333> vg_check_name -- CALLED with VG: cornucopia <4444> lvm_check_chars -- CALLED with name: "cornucopia" <4444> lvm_check_chars -- LEAVING with ret: 0 <333> vg_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0 <22> lv_check_name -- LEAVING with ret: 0 <1> lv_release -- after search for /dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1 <1> lv_release -- /dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1 NOT found <1> lv_release -- LEAVING with ret: -173 <1> lvm_error -- CALLED with: -173 <1> lvm_error -- LEAVING with: "lv_release(): LV number" lvremove -- ERROR "lv_release(): LV number" releasing logical volume "/dev/cornucopia/ansatte-u1" <1> lvm_unlock -- CALLED <1> lvm_unlock -- LEAVING with ret: 0 now, how do I go about zapping these two LVs? (I _can_ zap the VG and recreate the LVs, but I kinda hope to avoid that) -- Terje _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html