[linux-lvm] mounting reiserfs snapshot fails

[Chris Mason]

On Friday, April 13, 2001 01:29:58 PM -0400 Ed Tomlinson <tomlins at cam.org>
wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Using debian sid, 2.4.3-ac5, lvm 0.91 beta7, with the vfs locking
> patch applied I get:
> 
> oscar# mount /dev/lv/snap /snap -t reiserfs -oro
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/lv/snap,
>        or too many mounted file systems

BTW, you can drop the -o ro, LVM sets the snapshot device readonly, so VFS
forces a readonly mount for you.

> 
> When trying to mount the snap shot.  It was created with: 
> lvcreate -L 1G -s -n snap /dev/lv/root /dev/hdg1
> without problems

I doubt it, but was /dev/lv/root a freshly created reiserfs disk?

What does dumpreiserfs tell you about /dev/lv/snap and /dev/lv/root tell
you?

-chris