>What does 'pvscan; vgscan; lvscan' show? If the LVs show 'inactive', try >'lvchange -ay <lv_path>', then 'lvscan' should show the LV as 'ACTIVE'. >If so, try mounting the LV. >-- >Digimer >Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ >What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without >access to education? Here is what I got: [root@localhost ~]# pvscan /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 0: Input/output error /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 4096: Input/output error /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error No matching physical volumes found [root@localhost ~]# lvscan /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error [root@localhost ~]# vgscan Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 0: Input/output error /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 4096: Input/output error /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error [root@localhost ~]# lvchange -ay /dev/sda2 /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 0: Input/output error /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 4096: Input/output error /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error Volume group "sda2" not found Skipping volume group sda2 [root@localhost ~]# _______________________________________________ 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/