On jan. 7, 17:20, Towncat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 7, 10:00 am, Towncat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm trying to deactivate a logical volume and the volume group it is > > inside, but I get this error message (not exactly, I'm writing this > > from memory). The point is, that the system thinks the swap partition > > is in use. However, this is not the swap the system is using (that's > > on another partition), and I turned even that off (swapoff). /proc/ > > swaps, swapon -s, ps xaf, lsof do not give a hint (to me) -- what > > could be holding that logical volume? (The other lv on that vg can be > > deactivated without a problem, that's root, also unused). > > > Thanks, > > tc > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I tried several ways, formatted the lv with mke2fs, switched to single > user, rebooted, and there is just no way to get this particular > logical volume inactive. The strange thing is, there is no problem > with the other lv on the same vg, that can be activated right away. > But this one: > > # lvchange -an /dev/vg_md0/swap > LV vg_md0/swap in use: not deactivating > > What uses is? It is no longer swap, I even changed my fstab from > LABELs to drives. > > So what now? > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I do not seem to have received a hint... I worked around the problem, booted from a rescue CD and removed the lv from there. It seems the rescue CD does not activate the swap and the logical volume can thus be deleted. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
