folx, after an upgrade during which i moved from a root LVM system to a non-root LVM system and my /etc/lvm* files/directories were lost, i find i'm unable to re-import data from a previously existing volume group and i'm not even sure what the right steps are. the previous vg name was rootvg. appended is some info about the pvs. i had thought that i could re-create rootvg from /dev/hdc1 /dev/hdc2 and /dev/hdc3 that previously held it, but that seems not to work. the vg was created with 0.9.1-beta7. any suggestions would be greatfully appreciated. [root@villa root]# fdisk -l /dev/hda /dev/hdc Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 3722 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 1020 8193118+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 1021 1053 265072+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 1054 3722 21438742+ 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/hdc: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 59323 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 102 51376+ 8e Linux LVM /dev/hdc2 103 1143 524664 8e Linux LVM /dev/hdc3 1144 59323 29322720 8e Linux LVM [root@villa root]# pvdisplay /dev/hdc1 /dev/hdc2 /dev/hdc3 --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdc1 VG Name rootvg PV Size 50.17 MB / NOT usable 2.17 MB [LVM: 121.00 KB] PV# 2 PV Status available Allocatable yes Cur LV 0 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 12 Free PE 12 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID xCyjO4-pnM0-MqSa-0jWv-6fhr-LLla-fH6glB --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdc2 VG Name rootvg PV Size 512.37 MB / NOT usable 376.00 KB [LVM: 121.00 KB] PV# 3 PV Status available Allocatable yes Cur LV 0 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 128 Free PE 128 Allocated PE 0 PV UUID gteK14-bigq-FlPg-zItU-Qp6c-Bcta-yj1iuM --- Physical volume --- PV Name /dev/hdc3 VG Name rootvg PV Size 27.96 GB / NOT usable 3.47 MB [LVM: 148.00 KB] PV# 1 PV Status available Allocatable yes Cur LV 3 PE Size (KByte) 4096 Total PE 7158 Free PE 6114 Allocated PE 1044 PV UUID 1Fqav7-Dxjr-6ZPZ-09Zo-GnUE-jyux-mjjoEE todd underwood, vp & cto oso grande technologies, inc. todd@osogrande.com "Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
