From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <3B03CA11.4161B13F@ednet.ns.ca> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:54:41 -0300 From: Patrick Boutilier MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] main drive fail References: <31470A1D25F5D311940A0020182B88D319F972@mail.n-ary.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Errors-To: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com Reply-To: linux-lvm@sistina.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-lvm@sistina.com Thomas, Did you restore the lvm related entries in /etc ? Thomas Inglis wrote: > I am running lvm-0.9.1.beta1 on redhat 7.0 with a 2.4.4 kernel. > > I have four drives, one main 'boot' drive and three drives which were used > with LVM. All was fine and dandy until the main boot drive failed. Ouch. > > I have reinstalled Redhat, and lvm-0.9.1.beta1 (thought id go with what it > had before) and built the kernel again, then rebooted. > > Now the problem. > lvscan, vgdiaplay & vgscan tells me there are no voulume groups defined. > > vgcreate lvmGroup /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdc1 /dev/hdd1 > informs me the drive(s) are already part of the lvmGroup > > pvcreate lvmGroup /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdc1 /dev/hdd1 > with the -ff switch want to initialise the drive, so I thought it prudent to > tell it no. > > How can I renistate my volumes? It appears they are still valid on the > drive, but I cant seem to create or reinstate the group. > > Thomas > > __________________________________________________ > n-ary .. .. .. functionality through creativity > http://www.n-ary.com/ +44 (1387) 242800 > > tagServlet ... a java alternative to ColdFusion! > http://www.tagServlet.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@sistina.com > http://lists.sistina.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm