wolfgang, all, yep, vgscan finds no volume groups on the system. sigh. i guess i really need a backup of /etc/lvm*, which is on the lv. sigh again. 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 On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote: > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 02:07:57 +0100 > From: Wolfgang Weisselberg <weissel@netcologne.de> > Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] problems importing non-exported VG > > Hi, Todd! > > Todd Underwood (todd@osogrande.com) wrote 94 lines: > > > 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. > > Did you try running vgscan? Grep doesn't show it in your > mail, so I ask that 'stupid' question. No guarantee that > it'll work, though > > -Wolfgang > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://www.sistina.com/lvm/Pages/howto.html > >
