> hi > > you need lvm2 to activate a partial volume group. if you have a > backup of your vgcfg then you may restore your config to a new > harddisk with the lvm1 tools. > i had no actual vgcfgbackup so i needed to upgrade to lvm2 to activate > the partial vg and make a backup of all partitions that were not > affected by the crashed harddisk. then i used the vgcfgbackup on the > partial vg and edited the meadata from the backup (lvm2 saves the > backup > data in human readable form) that all missing segments are put on the > > replacement disc. after i restored the backup everything worked again > and i lost only the data which was on the bad disk. hello thanks for your reply I am going to reread the how-to and man pages so i can get refreshed on what i am doing. Is the vgcfg the file that is located in /etc/lvmconf/my_vg.conf ?? If this file is the vgcfg, how current does it need to be ?? at this point you guys have given me hope that i can restore at least some of my data, and the good news is that the files I really need are the smaller files. thanks again randy _______________________________________________ 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/
