Have searched all the archives & source I know, but have a problem with my system (Debian testing with lvm 2.00.08-4, custom kernel 2.6.5 or debian stock 2.6.6 (happens with both, only kernels installed on system)). I had the system crash, and now I get an error on startup of sorry, forgot about enter, but I get an error of " Device '/dev/hdbxx' has been left open." - and vg01 doesn't activate. I see the devices in my /dev directory, but I don't know how to close them so lvm and device-mapper can get them back up.
error when I run lvmdiskscan is: Volume group vg01 metadata is inconsistent Volume group for uuid not found: 6WKc2oHce9wDInc4VVFxlsTftKJsrhkoncQ7qRtbdcEsRDW6CollHNbPsdiVpsaw 0 logical volume(s) in volume group "vg01" now active Can't deactivate volume group "vg00" with 1 open logical volume(s) Device '/dev/hdb13' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb17' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb16' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb12' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb10' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb9' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb14' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb5' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb8' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb19' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb6' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb7' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb20' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb18' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb11' has been left open. Device '/dev/hdb15' has been left open. jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]