On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> If you know where the ext4 filesystem starts, and you just want to access >> it, then why not use a loopback device with an offset to get at the >> filesystem ? >> >> Something like >> >> losetup -o <offset-of-ext4-fs> /dev/loop0 /dev/sdd5 >> mount -text4 -o ro /dev/loop0 /mnt > > > That assumes that lvm has allocated a continous amount of blocks for the > filesystem. It might be better to try to find the lvm offset and then get > lvm started properly and then getting the filesystem through lvm. > How to find that offset for the ext4? And I guess that to verify whether lvm has allocated a continuous amount of blocks, a "fsck -n /dev/loop0" would allow to test that the fs is in a consistent state. Otherwise, which command to use to start lvm properly? -- 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
