Check whether the LV has a partition on it. (fdisk -l /dev/vg*/home) If so, use kpartx -dvv to close it. > The disk (sdb) has one vg and three lv's on it > /proc/mounts shows /dev/sdb1 mounted If /dev/sdb1 is mounted, does that mean there's a /dev/sdb2 which is a PV? -- Ray Morris support@bettercgi.com Strongbox - The next generation in site security: http://www.bettercgi.com/strongbox/ Throttlebox - Intelligent Bandwidth Control http://www.bettercgi.com/throttlebox/ Strongbox / Throttlebox affiliate program: http://www.bettercgi.com/affiliates/user/register.php On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:14:22 -0500 Peter Flass <Peter_Flass@yahoo.com> wrote: > I'm truly sorry to bother the developers' list with this question, > but I've searched and can't find an ansewr that works. A system > crash seems to have corrupted something in my fedora system. I boot > to a rescue CD and look thru LVM. The disk (sdb) has one vg and > three lv's on it. Call the vg vg_xxx, the lv's are lv_boot (ext3, I > believe), lv_swap (no fs) and lv_home (ext4). I can't fsck (e2fsck) > lv_home or do anything else with it, LVM says it's open count=1 where > the open count of the other two lv's is zero. > > I can't find who has it open. /proc/mounts shows /dev/sdb1 mounted > on /media/usb0, when I umount it (either by mount point or device) > it disappears, but the lv still shows open, and as a result I am > unable to do anything with it. lsof also shows nothing open that > resembles this lv. I can inactivate the other two lvs in this vg, > but not lv_home. > > What can I do to fix this problem? > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
