From: "Bryn M. Reeves" <bmr@redhat.com>
To: LVM general discussion and development <linux-lvm@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Re: Re: Re: Loopback mount a disk image with lvm
Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:51:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <484D3565.9030202@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2122f0920806090646h46bb29cds76fb957a2b8e0cbe@mail.gmail.com>
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Girish V wrote:
> Incidentally, how do I free the loop (/dev/loop0) associated with
> disk.img. I tried "sudo losetup -d /dev/loop0", but I get the error
> message "ioctl: LOOP_CLR_FD: Device or resource busy".
>
> I tried looking at mount, ps, top etc - but the disk.img associated
> with loop0, was not being used.
Unmount all the file systems, deactivate the VG with "vgchange -an
<vgname>" (if you mounted/activated them) and finally delete the kpartx
mappings with "kpartx -d /dev/loop0". That should release all references
on the loop devices allowing you to unbind it with losetup.
Regards,
Bryn.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-09 13:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-09 13:46 [linux-lvm] Re: Re: Re: Loopback mount a disk image with lvm Girish V
2008-06-09 13:51 ` Bryn M. Reeves [this message]
2008-06-09 13:51 ` Milan Broz
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