linux guy wrote: > I'm trying to copy data from an old laptop drive to a new one. > > I spent a lot of time trying to mount /dev/sdb3, which I thought was > the data part of the old hard drive. After a period of time, I found > it to be a logical partition, not an ext3 partition. > > > /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb > > Command (m for help): p > > Disk /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x9aa39aa3 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 2076 16675438+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/sdb2 2077 2101 200812+ 83 Linux > /dev/sdb3 2102 9729 61271910 8e Linux LVM > > > I did a bunch of digging and learning and I found this: > > # /usr/sbin/lvdisplay /dev/sdb3 > File descriptor 5 left open > File descriptor 7 left open > WARNING: Duplicate VG name VolGroup00: Existing > YqG9FW-dYws-fSyZ-9lHS-ABjH-NuA5-GimBgI (created here) takes precedence > over M7hbJ2-PNaC-5B8V-7VL8-vsWy-XuD0-LvkXVK > Volume group "sdb3" not found > > From this I conclude that my computer has 2 LVs of VolGroup00 and in > fact, it does. sda2 and sdb3. > > I was perfectly competent at mounting and working with regular > partitions. But these LVMs are a different matter. How does one > rename the partition so that there aren't 2 the same and then mount it > ? There is no LV option in mount. How does one fix the fact that > there are 2 VGs with the same name ? > > I don't need to use LVs. Is there a way to convert a working system > to use regular partitions ? I tried gparted, but it doesn't work > with LVs. Maybe it would help if you knew that the parameter for lvdisplay is LogicalVolumePath? Try lvscan to learn what LogicalVolumePaths exist on your system. -- sillema sillema nika su -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
