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Rescue mode does not create /run/lock, so LVM tools won't run

Asked by Sgifford

When booting Oneiric or Precise in Rescue Mode, the LVM tools give a locking error. For example, if I run "lvscan", it only outputs:

  /var/lock/lvm: mkdir failed: No such file or directory
  File-based locking initialisation failed

This makes it impossible to use the LVM tools, which can be very important for recovery.

The problem seems to be the absence of a "/run/lock" directory. If I run this command:

  mkdir /run/lock

Then the LVM tools don't give this error, and "lvscan" works properly.

Any advice here? Or should I open up a bug for this?

Thanks!

------Scott.

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Daniel (hackie) said : 		#1

Same problem here (only with precise). There is a file with the name /var/lock. If i remove it, the lvm tools create a directory with the same name there.

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Eric (eric-woodruff) said : 		#2

Hit the same problem. Thanks for documenting this workaround!

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