Hi, I tried create mirror for root fs - lvol1. dunco:~# lvs LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% lvol1 vg00 -wi-ao 200.00M lvol2 vg00 -wi-ao 1.00G lvol3 vg00 -wi-ao 644.00M lvol4 vg00 -wi-ao 400.00M lvol5 vg00 -wi-ao 100.00M lvol6 vg00 -wi-ao 1.00G lvol7 vg00 mwi-a- 52.00M 46.15 dunco:~# I ran lvconvert -dv -m 1 --corelog /dev/vg00/lvol1 /dev/hda2 Checking for existing volume group "vg00" Archiving volume group "vg00" metadata (seqno 40). Creating logical volume lvol1_mimage_0 Creating logical volume lvol1_mimage_1 Creating volume group backup "/etc/lvm/backup/vg00" (seqno 41). Found volume group "vg00" Found volume group "vg00" Creating vg00-lvol1_mimage_0 Loading vg00-lvol1_mimage_0 table Resuming (253:7) Creating vg00-lvol1_mimage_1 Loading vg00-lvol1_mimage_1 table Resuming (253:8) Loading vg00-lvol1 table Suspending vg00-lvol1 (253:0) And after that lvconvert hanging. I used strace and I found that command hanging on fsync ... write(2, "Suspending vg00-lvol1 (253:0)", 29Suspending vg00-lvol1 (253:0)) = 29 write(2, "\n", 1 ) = 1 ioctl(3, DM_DEV_SUSPEND, 0x8116918) = 0 rename("/etc/lvm/metadata/vg00.tmp", "/etc/lvm/metadata/vg00") = 0 stat64("/etc/lvm/metadata/vg00.tmp", 0xbf9f8464) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/lvm/metadata", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 7 fsync(7 I tried to create mirror on another lvols and I can do it. OS : Debian etch Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 8 64228+ fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hda2 9 2434 19486845 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/hdc: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 7 56196 fd Linux raid autodetect /dev/hdc2 8 3649 29254365 8e Linux LVM dunco:/usr/src/LVM2.2.02.17# lvdisplay --version LVM version: 2.02.17 (2006-12-14) Library version: 1.02.13 (2006-11-28) Driver version: 4.7.0 dunco:/usr/src/LVM2.2.02.17# Can you tell me where is problem? Thanks, John