Nothing showed up when I did "sudo lvscan". I'm pretty much stumped. -----Original Message----- From: Majed B. [mailto:majedb@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:24 AM To: Sunpyo Hong Cc: Robin Hill; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Raid 5 Issue, cannot recognize EXT3 File system. When the array is properly assembled, "sudo lvscan" should show any logical volumes. Maybe even without the array assembled. If nothing shows up, then you don't have an LV configured. On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Sunpyo Hong <sunpyo.hong@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I am stopping and starting the array. I couldn't mount in both instances. >> The before is the initial assembly array that I force assembled through >> mdadm -Af. This assembled the raid, but couldn't see an ext3 file system. > >>I haven't followed all of this thread, so maybe I missed something, >>but have you considered the possibility that there is an LVM config >>on the md array, and that the ext3 filesystem is inside a logical >>volume? > >>NeilBrown > > Hi Neil, I already checked with western digital and its support team. What > they've told me is that the Raid is an EXT3 and is not LVM config on the HD, > however knowing WD they might just say that so I'd fork over the cash to get > my HD recovered for thousands of dollars from them. Is there a way I can > check if it's LVM config-ed? Thanks! > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Majed B. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html