Hi all, So I have an XFS file system within LVM which has an external log. My mount option in FSTAB is; /dev/vg_spock_data/lv_data /data xfs logdev=/dev/sdc1,nobarrier,logbufs=8,noatime,nodiratime 1 1 All is well no issues and very fast. Now I'd like to snapshot this bad boy and then run rsnapshot to create a few days backup. A snapshot volume is created w/o issue; lvcreate -L250G -s -n datasnapshot /dev/vg_spock_data/lv_data But when i try to mount the file system; mount /dev/vg_spock_data/datasnapshot /snapshot -o nouuid,ro I get this; mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/mapper/vg_anette_data-datasnapshot, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so The command dmesg shows; XFS (dm-3): filesystem is marked as having an external log; specify logdev on the mount command line. XFS (dm-3): SB validate failed So I then use this mount option; mount /dev/vg_anette_data/datasnapshot /snapshot -o logdev=/dev/sdc1,nouuid,ro But get this error; mount: /dev/mapper/vg_spock_data-datasnapshot already mounted or /snapshot busy And the command dmesg shows; XFS (dm-3): Invalid device [/dev/sdc1], error=-16 Am I doing something wrong or is this not possible? I prefer being in error, I often am anyways. Thanks in advance, - aurf _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs