Quoting Matthew Saltzman <mjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Dave Stevens wrote: > > > Quoting Markku Kolkka <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx>: > > > >> Dave Stevens kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai 18 > >> joulukuu 2006 00:19): > >>> It is > >>> partitioned as a swap and /boot and /, with / as Linux type 83 > >>> (according to fdisk, which is correct). When I manually to to > >>> mount / to the /mnt/hda directory I get: > >>> > >>> [root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/hda3 hda > >>> mount: you must specify the filesystem type > >>> [root@localhost ~]# > >>> > >>> When I "man mount" I don't see an LVM option. I have tried > >>> googling LVM but both don't see the point and don't see how. > >> > >> Why do you think that the partition is a LVM physical volume? > >> Type 83 is a regular Linux partition, a LVM volume should have > >> type 8e. > > > > and it does, I misread the output but have now reread it. It is 8e as you > say. > > > > Try following the advise in the error message and > >> specify the filesystem type (ext3 by default). > > > > did so with this output: > > > >[....] > > > > I have started the LVM manager and there is a screenshot of what it finds > at: > > > > hp.bccna.bc.ca/~aa056/ScreenshotofLVM.png > > > > I only want to get the data off hda3 and I will then retire the drive. > > > > Thanks for the reference to the tutorial, I'll read up on it. > > What's the result of "ls -l /dev/mapper/* ? [root@localhost ~]# ls -l /dev/mapper/* crw------- 1 root root 10, 63 Dec 17 09:37 /dev/mapper/control brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 0 Dec 17 17:38 /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 2 Dec 17 09:37 /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 brw-rw---- 1 root disk 253, 1 Dec 17 17:38 /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol02 [root@localhost ~]# there.... dave > > -- > Matthew Saltzman > > Clemson University Math Sciences > mjs AT clemson DOT edu > http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- In the world?s anti-Bush zones it is fashionable to regard him as an imperialist redneck of limited intellectual capacities. -- George Ross in Le Monde Diplomatique -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
