[clue-tech] mount second hard drive

[Bob Meetin]

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# cd /bin/sbin
# ./vgscan --mknodes
./vgscan: unrecognized option `--mknodes'
Logical Volume Manager 1.0.3
Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software  19/02/2002 (IOP 10)

vgscan -- scan for available volume groups for use by LVM

vgscan [-d|--debug]
        [-f/--force_numbers]
        [-h/--help]
        [-r/--remove_snapshots [VgNameToRemoveSnapshotsFrom]]
        [-v/--verbose]

# ./vgscan -mknodes
./vgscan: invalid option -- m
Logical Volume Manager 1.0.3
Heinz Mauelshagen, Sistina Software  19/02/2002 (IOP 10)

vgscan -- scan for available volume groups for use by LVM

vgscan [-d|--debug]
        [-f/--force_numbers]
        [-h/--help]
        [-r/--remove_snapshots [VgNameToRemoveSnapshotsFrom]]
        [-v/--verbose]

# lvm
bash: lvm: command not found
# /sbin/lvm
bash: /sbin/lvm: No such file or directory

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# vgscan
vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group

# vgchange -a y
vgchange -- no volume groups found

# ls /dev/mapper
ls: /dev/mapper: No such file or directory

# mount /dev/hdb1 /tmp2 (wasn't sure whether hdb1 needed to be mounted or not first)
# vgchange -a y
vgchange -- no volume groups found

# vgscan
vgscan -- reading all physical volumes (this may take a while...)
vgscan -- "/etc/lvmtab" and "/etc/lvmtab.d" successfully created
vgscan -- WARNING: This program does not do a VGDA backup of your volume group

# vgchange -a y
vgchange -- no volume groups found

# ls /dev/mapper


ls: /dev/mapper: No such file or directory

David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Bob Meetin wrote:
> [...]
>> [# /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/hdb
> >
>> Disk /dev/hdb: 20.4 GB, 20490559488 bytes
>> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2491 cylinders
>> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>>
>>   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
>> /dev/hdb1   *         1        13    104391   83  Linux
>>
>> /dev/hdb2            14      2491  19904535   8e  Linux LVM
>
> So it's likely that /dev/hdb1 is a boot partition and doesn't have 
> anything you care about.  Since hdb2 is for the logical volume 
> manager, do this (as root, so do su - first):
>
> # vgscan
> # vgchange -a y
> # ls /dev/mapper
>
> and send us the output of all that.  The data you care about will be 
> on the devices in /dev/mapper.  I don't know how they will be set up 
> but you can mount what's there (except for control) and poke around.
>
> You may run into issues regarding the kernel module or LVM version you 
> have but those will be apparent in the output you send us.
>
> Dave
>
>
>


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