Yep, just happened to me again after a reboot to install some updates. Here's my configuration details: LVM2 - root@dphillips-desktop:~# pvdisplay --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/sdb VG Name VirtualMachines PV Size 465.76 GiB / not usable 12.02 MiB Allocatable yes PE Size 16.00 MiB Total PE 29808 Free PE 2928 Allocated PE 26880 PV UUID tr32vc-YYU7-97Wj-fJ2r-Q5pT-VmmY-jkdmvC root@dphillips-desktop:~# lvdisplay --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VirtualMachines/TERM15 VG Name VirtualMachines LV UUID IILyg1-Jrrh-Rg8a-bA0d-TvEf-tvVK-5lPmVn LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 30.00 GiB Current LE 1920 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:0 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VirtualMachines/WINXP VG Name VirtualMachines LV UUID Jvrlrc-F3DD-gkcA-9vKd-LY8f-QXi3-Lqj5Vf LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 40.00 GiB Current LE 2560 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:1 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VirtualMachines/CentOS VG Name VirtualMachines LV UUID VXRec0-xRzp-ndR7-GsSW-nYPn-mzpu-B4eRqM LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 30.00 GiB Current LE 1920 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:2 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VirtualMachines/BackUp VG Name VirtualMachines LV UUID eBW0Na-tTTt-88Nx-711s-4S7m-6ihi-2NeX3c LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 1 LV Size 100.00 GiB Current LE 6400 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:3 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VirtualMachines/Music VG Name VirtualMachines LV UUID rhk9FS-kJ8a-rtCm-9gqS-tMMA-uu1n-b2MRb3 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 200.00 GiB Current LE 12800 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:4 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VirtualMachines/Temp VG Name VirtualMachines LV UUID u4CeIR-FuXN-NYuz-i5iG-sMun-cNDV-BjXIe1 LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 20.00 GiB Current LE 1280 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 252:5 root@dphillips-desktop:~# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name VirtualMachines System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 1 Metadata Sequence No 29 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 6 Open LV 1 Max PV 0 Cur PV 1 Act PV 1 VG Size 465.75 GiB PE Size 16.00 MiB Total PE 29808 Alloc PE / Size 26880 / 420.00 GiB Free PE / Size 2928 / 45.75 GiB VG UUID hW9nbI-HfEg-FI2C-koPx-WTrT-r0Ui-M4viTX I am mounting the "BackUp" LV as "/home" when booting via fstab. It's an ext4 filesystem. Thanks, Deven On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Arnulf Heimsbakk