On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 09:08:40AM +0100, Jannetta S Steyn wrote:
Hi Luca
Disk /dev/hdb - 3249 MB / 3098 MiB - CHS 6296 16 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
* Linux 0 1 1 202 15 63 204561 [/boot]
D Linux 203 0 1 5645 15 63 5486544 [/]
D Linux LVM 203 0 1 6295 15 63 6141744
D Linux 229 0 1 5560 15 63 5374656
D Linux 265 0 1 5596 15 63 5374656
try with each of the linux partitions found and see if you can mount it
and get your data back.
If I look at the way Redhat created a similar on a working system, I get
the following information for the lv's created:
# lvscan
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup02/LogVol00' [3.56 GB] inherit
ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup02/LogVol01' [320.00 MB] inherit
Based on the above information, would you say that it is a reasonable to
say that on the broken drive, the first lv was LogVol00, used for data and
the second lv would have been LogVol01, used for swap. Could I, like you
suggested create a logical volume for the total size and perhaps get my
data back (since the swap is at the end of it all?)
Is creating a logical volume with lvcreate also only adjusting the
information about the lvm and not actually touching the data, which means
I can safely experiment, trying to change the lv's until I find the
correct size? (I hope my questions make sense)
yes, but remember the "-Z n" option to lvcreate, or it will wipe the
first 1k of your data.
L.
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