diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ffa8740..9bff9bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ RELEASE=2.0
 
 VERSION=2.0
 PACKAGE=libpve-storage-perl
-PKGREL=8
+PKGREL=9
 
 DESTDIR=
 PREFIX=/usr
diff --git a/PVE/Storage.pm b/PVE/Storage.pm
index 304022d..1b5dc66 100755
--- a/PVE/Storage.pm
+++ b/PVE/Storage.pm
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ sub vdisk_alloc {
 
 	    my $path = "$imagedir/$name";
 
-	    die "disk image '$path' already exists\n" if -f $path;
+	    die "disk image '$path' already exists\n" if -e $path;
 
 	    run_command("/usr/bin/qemu-img create -f $fmt '$path' ${size}K", 
 			errmsg => "unable to create image");
@@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ sub activate_volumes {
 
 	# check is volume exists
 	if ($scfg->{type} eq 'dir' || $scfg->{type} eq 'nfs') {
-	    die "volume '$volid' does not exist\n" if ! -f $path;
+	    die "volume '$volid' does not exist\n" if ! -e $path;
 	} else {
 	    die "volume '$volid' does not exist\n" if ! -b $path;
 	}
diff --git a/changelog.Debian b/changelog.Debian
index aba1b42..ce12909 100644
--- a/changelog.Debian
+++ b/changelog.Debian
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+libpve-storage-perl (2.0-9) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * use -e (instead of -f) to test if volume exists
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:31:01 +0100
+
 libpve-storage-perl (2.0-8) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * fix iscsi size bug