Server is displaying mount error " /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 already mounted" or busy during boot

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Issue

  • Server reboot receives the following errors:
mount: /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 already mounted 
mount: /dev/cciss/c0d1p1 already mounted 
mount: /dev/cciss/c0d1p2 already mounted
  • Execute fsck.ext3 to partitions without success. Getting below messages when try to run fsck.ext3 command:
fsck.ext3 /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
e2fsck 1.39 (29-May-2006)
fsck.ext3: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
Filesystem mounted or opened exclusively by another program?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

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