Hi Axel, vgrename the active one and adjust /etc/fstab appropriately. 'vgscan;vgchange -ay' should gain you access to the USB one then. Regards, Heinz -- The LVM Guy -- On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 09:59:22AM +0100, Axel Braun wrote: > Hello experts, > > I need your advice to save some data: My old laptop died, but I could make > the HD work again via a USB-adapter. I attached it to the new Laptop (as > well running SuSE 10.0 / lvm2), and the lvm on the USB-Disk is not > displayed. > > The lvm on the installed system is active: > z60m:~ # pvdisplay /dev/sda8 > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sda8 > VG Name system > PV Size 28.75 GB / not usable 0 > Allocatable yes > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 7359 > Free PE 11 > Allocated PE 7348 > PV UUID ZdwaLr-anXc-Z7ck-cGI0-oFoW-UluI-F7SZ18 > > This group is also active: > z60m:~ # lvscan > ACTIVE '/dev/system/daten' [12.70 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/system/home' [8.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/system/root' [8.00 GB] inherit > > Now, on the USB-disk is a LVM as well: > z60m:~ # pvdisplay /dev/sdb8 > --- Physical volume --- > PV Name /dev/sdb8 > VG Name system > PV Size 17.48 GB / not usable 0 > Allocatable yes > PE Size (KByte) 4096 > Total PE 4475 > Free PE 9 > Allocated PE 4466 > PV UUID P8KDPg-QbME-4Hzc-lw8G-ntOA-1dIv-1DeXmR > > vgscan does not activate the group on the USB - due to the same name? > z60m:~ # vgchange -a y > 3 logical volume(s) in volume group "system" now active > z60m:~ # pvscan > PV /dev/sda8 VG system lvm2 [28.75 GB / 44.00 MB free] > Total: 1 [28.75 GB] / in use: 1 [28.75 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] > z60m:~ # lvscan > ACTIVE '/dev/system/daten' [12.70 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/system/home' [8.00 GB] inherit > ACTIVE '/dev/system/root' [8.00 GB] inherit > > What is your proposal to activate the USB-lvm group - best without loosing > data..... > > TIA > Axel > > -- > "Feel free" mit GMX FreeMail! > Monat f?r Monat 10 FreeSMS inklusive! http://www.gmx.net > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ *** Software bugs are stupid. Nevertheless it needs not so stupid people to solve them *** =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Heinz Mauelshagen Red Hat GmbH Consulting Development Engineer Am Sonnenhang 11 Cluster and Storage Development 56242 Marienrachdorf Germany Mauelshagen@RedHat.com +49 2626 141200 FAX 924446 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- _______________________________________________ linux-lvm mailing list linux-lvm@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
