On 09/11/10 12:45 PM, drew einhorn wrote: > Hi, > > I want to rename some volume groups and logical volumes. > > I was not surprised when it would not let me rename active volumes. > > So I booted up the system using the CentOS 5.5 LiveCD, > but the LiveCD makes the logical volumes browsable using Nautilus, > so they are still active and I can't rename them. > > Tried: > > /usr/sbin/lvchange -a n VolGroup00/LogVol00 > > but it still says: > > LV VolGroup00/LogVol00 in use: not deactivating did you try booting the liveCD in single mode? in grub, add the word 'single' to the kernel line... that won't mount anything.