PS: Attached you can find a sample script to reproduce the problem. Usage: ./sample.sh /dev/vdx. Be careful.
Running this script I noticed several warnings in /var/log/messages: They said lvcreate: sending ioctl 1261 to a partition! I am very sure there were no other lvcreate running except for the script. PPS: I am using kvm to clone bootable hard disks. If I run the sample.sh on a _real_ PC, then the problem is gone, as it seems. The messages about ioctl 1261 are gone, too. The kvm command line looks like this: kvm -m 2048 -smp 2 \ -drive file=/export/storage/master.img,if=virtio,boot=on \ -drive file=/dev/sdX,if=virtio \ -net nic -net tap \ -vnc :1 \ -usbdevice tablet Kernel is 3.4.1 Regards Harri
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