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

[Dirk Heinrichs]

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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