[linux-lvm] Cannot unmount my /usr partition.....

Glenn Shannon glenn at gecpalau.com
Thu Apr 26 08:24:02 UTC 2001


Actually ALL of my tools for LVM, Reiser and DevFS are in the /sbin dir.

Thanks for the try tho!

Anyone else?

Glenn
Dirk Heinrichs wrote:

> Glenn Shannon wrote:
> >
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Great job on LVM...loving it so far..just have a quick question if I
> > may..
> >
> > Boots fine (better than fine!) and devfs reiser and lvm seem to play
> > well together while they are running...... but upon shutdown I cannot
> > unmount my /usr partition for some reason it is busy.
> >
> > I have hacked the init scripts to let me reboot successfully (as it IS a
> > production machine with automatic reboot times entered in the cron) but
> > it cannot deactivate my LVM due to the /usr partition being busy.
> Hmm, I had this problem sometimes with RH6.x, but w/o LVM. So it may not
> be related to LVM. On the other hand, where did you put the LVM
> userspace tools? If they reside in /usr, this may cause your problem.
> IMHO they belong into /, because they are needed at boot/shutdown time.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
>         Dirk
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