[linux-lvm] "umount" LVM stuff

[Heinz J . Mauelshagen]

David,

try vgscan then which should bring your device node back.

Regards,
Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --


On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 07:48:05AM -0500, David Corbin wrote:
> >
> >
> >This all looks ok.
> >
> >Doesn't "vgchange -a y" bring your VG back ?
> >If not so, try "vgscan ; vgchange -ay".
> >  
> >
> piano:/home/dcorbin# vgchange -ay
> vgchange -- volume group "vg0" already active
> 
> So, it appears that the VG IS there.
> ----
>  piano:/home/dcorbin# mount -t reiserfs /dev/vg0/data /data
> mount: special device /dev/vg0/data does not exist
> 
> /dev/vg0/data is the device I used to use to mount it, and the error 
> message is correct if I look at my filesystem (it doesn't exist).
> ----
> piano:/home/dcorbin# mount -t reiserfs /dev/vg0/group  /data
> mount: /dev/vg0/group is not a block device
> 
> I tried this command because /dev/vg0/group is the only device in /dev/vg0
> ----
> Here are some other commands that I tried that may or may not tell you 
> something...
> 
> piano:/home/dcorbin# 
> lvscan                                                                                                                
> lvscan -- no logical volumes found
> piano:/home/dcorbin# ls -ltar /dev/vg0
> total 28
> crw-r-----    1 root     disk     109,   0 Feb 24 06:53 group
> drwxr-xr-x   10 root     root        24576 Feb 24 06:53 ..
> dr-xr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Feb 24 06:53 .
> 
> >Regards,
> >Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
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