Lawrence, vgscan should recognize your VG fine if nothing overwrote the LVM metadata on /dev/hdc. What does vgscan dispay ? On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 02:45:36PM +0200, Lawrence Strydom wrote: > Hi, > My company uses a SuSE email server III solution. The box has 2 IDE > drives, hda with /boot, /, and swap partintions on. The second, hdc, was > placed in a LVG with a LV for /var occupying all availlable space. > While I was away (quick absolution of self) one of the junior guys did > an online update of the software after which the system wouldn't start > again. To make a long story short, I managed to get the system going > again BUT..... /var cannot be mounted. > /etc/fstab points to /dev/system/VAR. Upon inspection, this binary file > turns out to contain nothing but an error message about being unable to > write to /lib/modules/2.4.18-nnnnn/modules.dep. Ooops... > Now my question is this: Is it possible to recover the data from the > /var LV if the /dev/system/VAR file has gone AWOL? > Any pointers to documentation/tools will be very much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Lawrence > > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ -- Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Sistina Software Inc. Senior Consultant/Developer Am Sonnenhang 11 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@Sistina.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@sistina.com http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
