Hello all, I am having an issue with guestmount in respect to live instances and I was hoping someone might have an idea where I've gone wrong. The following output is from my shell session, if there's any more information needed please let me know and I'll happily provide it. [root@longitude ~]# virt-filesystems -d F16-rawhide/dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 [root@longitude ~]# guestmount --live -d F16-rawhide -m /dev/sda3:/ /mnt/guestfs/ libguestfs: error: mount_options: /dev/vda3 on /: mount: /dev/vda3 already mounted or / busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/vda3 is already mounted on / libguestfs: error: part_to_dev: part_to_dev_stub: /dev/vda3: device not found libguestfs: error: check_for_daemon_cancellation_or_eof: read 0x34 from daemon, expected 0xffffeeee guestmount: '/dev/sda3' could not be mounted. Did you mean one of these? /dev/vda1 (unknown) /dev/vda2 (unknown) /dev/vda3 (unknown) /dev/vda4 (unknown) libguestfs: error: check_for_daemon_cancellation_or_eof: read 0x0 from daemon, expected 0xffffeeee [root@longitude ~]# guestmount --live -d F16-rawhide -m /dev/vda3:/ /mnt/guestfs/ libguestfs: error: mount_options: mount_options_stub: /dev/vda3: device not found libguestfs: error: unexpected procedure number (74/7) libguestfs: error: unexpected procedure number (7/282) [root@longitude ~]# guestmount --live -d F16-rawhide -m /dev/vda3:/ -v /mnt/guestfs/ libguestfs: [00000ms] connecting to /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/F16-rawhide.libguestfs libguestfs: recv_from_daemon: 40 bytes: 20 00 f5 f5 | 00 00 00 04 | 00 00 01 1a | 00 00 00 01 | 00 12 34 02 | ... libguestfs: error: guestfs_launch failed, unexpected initial message from guestfsd libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x1191760 (state 1) libguestfs: sending SIGTERM to process 0 [root@longitude ~]# guestmount --live -d F16-rawhide -m /dev/vda3:/ -v -x /mnt/guestfs/ libguestfs: trace: set_recovery_proc true libguestfs: trace: set_recovery_proc = 0 libguestfs: trace: add_domain "F16-rawhide" "live:true" libguestfs: trace: set_attach_method "unix:/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/F16-rawhide.libguestfs" libguestfs: trace: set_attach_method = 0 libguestfs: trace: add_domain = 0 libguestfs: trace: launch libguestfs: [00000ms] connecting to /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/F16-rawhide.libguestfs libguestfs: recv_from_daemon: received GUESTFS_LAUNCH_FLAG libguestfs: [00000ms] connected libguestfs: trace: launch = 0 libguestfs: trace: mount_options "" "/dev/vda3" "/" libguestfs: send_to_daemon: 72 bytes: 00 00 00 44 | 20 00 f5 f5 | 00 00 00 04 | 00 00 00 4a | 00 00 00 00 | ... libguestfs: recv_from_daemon: 96 bytes: 20 00 f5 f5 | 00 00 00 04 | 00 00 00 4a | 00 00 00 01 | 00 12 34 00 | ... libguestfs: trace: mount_options = -1 (error) libguestfs: error: mount_options: mount_options_stub: /dev/vda3: device not found libguestfs: trace: list_filesystems libguestfs: trace: list_devices libguestfs: send_to_daemon: 44 bytes: 00 00 00 28 | 20 00 f5 f5 | 00 00 00 04 | 00 00 00 07 | 00 00 00 00 | ... libguestfs: recv_from_daemon: 168 bytes: 20 00 f5 f5 | 00 00 00 04 | 00 00 00 4a | 00 00 00 01 | 00 12 34 00 | ... libguestfs: error: unexpected procedure number (74/7) libguestfs: trace: list_devices = NULL (error) libguestfs: trace: list_filesystems = NULL (error) libguestfs: closing guestfs handle 0x6e8760 (state 2) libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync libguestfs: send_to_daemon: 44 bytes: 00 00 00 28 | 20 00 f5 f5 | 00 00 00 04 | 00 00 01 1a | 00 00 00 00 | ... libguestfs: recv_from_daemon: 56 bytes: 20 00 f5 f5 | 00 00 00 04 | 00 00 00 07 | 00 00 00 01 | 00 12 34 01 | ... libguestfs: error: unexpected procedure number (7/282) libguestfs: trace: internal_autosync = -1 (error) libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess libguestfs: sending SIGTERM to process 0 libguestfs: trace: kill_subprocess = 0 [root@longitude ~]# guestfish --live -d F16-rawhide Welcome to guestfish, the libguestfs filesystem interactive shell for editing virtual machine filesystems. Type: 'help' for help on commands 'man' to read the manual 'quit' to quit the shell bin boot dev etc home lib lib64 lost+found media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var Many thanks! -AdamM