lvcreate --size 100M --snapshot --name root_snap /dev/VolGroup00/root -vvv 2> outfile http://ompldr.org/vYWRqbg/outfile This seems to be the relevent error: Syncing device names Udev cookie 0xd4d33c5 (semid 19038208) decremented to 0 Udev cookie 0xd4d33c5 (semid 19038208) waiting for zero Udev cookie 0xd4d33c5 (semid 19038208) destroyed VolGroup00-root_snap: Skipping NODE_ADD (254,14) 0:0 0600 [trust_udev] VolGroup00-root_snap: Processing NODE_READ_AHEAD 256 (flags=1) /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root_snap: open failed: No such file or directory Clearing start of logical volume "root_snap" /dev/VolGroup00/root_snap: stat failed: No such file or directory /dev/VolGroup00/root_snap: not found: device not cleared Aborting. Failed to wipe snapshot exception store. _______________________________________________ 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/