This was solved in my case with the 2.6.32-24.41 update. I was running 2.6.32-24.39 since a few days which has the issue with lvcreate for a snapshot hanging all IO and this is now resolved.
-- creating lvm snapshot with lvcreate freezes the system https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/604807 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs