On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 15:42 -0700, Michael Mueller wrote: > > > Garrick Staples <garrick@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2007 at 12:05:14PM -0700, Michael Mueller > alleged: > > <snip> > # lvm pvscan <-- should see hdb as a PV in a VG > # lvm vgscan > # lvm lvscan <-- tells you the LV name that has the fs > # lvm lvchange -a y /dev/$VGNAME/$LVNAME <-- activates the LV > # mount /dev/$VGNAME/$LVNAME > > Thanks for the suggestions. > > I loaded a new hdd hda with 4.3 single cd server; then i > powered down and connected the hdb from the failed system and > rebooted; the hdb was not found using the commands above so i > was not able to mount > > -- > Mike These are done without the drive mounted. Also, pvscan -v might be useful. The fdisk -l that someone suggested will probably the first and most useful step. It will tell you whether hdb was a standard ext* or LVM partition. > <snip> HTH -- Bill _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos