hi, >> [root@gateway home]# lsof | grep md1 >> md1_raid1 461 root cwd DIR 9,0 4096 2 / >> md1_raid1 461 root rtd DIR 9,0 4096 2 / >> md1_raid1 461 root txt unknown /proc/461/exe PT> What is running as process ID 461? That needs to be killed off, and any PT> mount involving /dev/md1 stopped. process ID 461 is [md_raid1] and can't be killed via kill or kill -9: root 461 2.2 0.0 0 0 ? S< Jun14 61:09 [md1_raid1] there is no "normal" mount on /dev/md1, maybe LVM has its fingers on it although it should not? [root@gateway ~]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md0 7.8G 4.8G 2.7G 65% / /dev/mapper/vg_gateway-lv_var 12G 1.1G 11G 9% /var /dev/mapper/vg_gateway-lv_home 12G 4.1G 7.2G 37% /home /dev/mapper/vg_gateway-lv_data 60G 42G 15G 74% /data tmpfs 989M 0 989M 0% /dev/shm [root@gateway ~]# umount /dev/md1 umount: /dev/md1: not mounted tnx & cu -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html