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From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@turbolabs.com>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] error in mounitng snapshot LVs
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To: Abhas Abhinav <abhas@deeproot.co.in>
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On Feb 06, 2002  08:38 +0000, Abhas Abhinav wrote:
> Lately, i decided to start using snapshots to backup some data. I
> created snapshot volumes as per the lvcreate man page and the
> LVM-HOWTO on the sistina web site... however, i get stuck everytime i
> try to moung the snapshot...
> -------
> anubhav:~# mount /dev/data/snap_work /mnt
> mount: block device /dev/data/snap_work is write-protected, mounting read-only
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/data/snap_work,
>        or too many mounted file systems

You need the "VFS-lock" patch, from the LVM CVS repository.

Cheers, Andreas
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