Re: [linux-lvm] How to fix missmatch between VG-size and LV-size?

[Georges Giralt <georges.giralt@free.fr>]

Le 31/03/2011 17:06, Fredrik Skog a �crit :
> Hello,
>
> If I ever get all this data back I will definitely try to either RAID
> it or make a backup of the most importatnt stuff on the volume.
>
> I have now run e2fsck -n -t -v /dev/vgftp/lvftp successfully. It gave
> me the following output. I'm not really sure what it means, but I
> think it looks pretty ok. Do you think it's ok to do this for real now?
>
> ################
> # e2fsck -n -t -v /dev/vgftp/lvftp
Snip......
/dev/vgftp/lvftp: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********
Snip
> I will try to copy the most important stuff off of the volume before i
> try this though.
Hello Fredrik
You used "-n" option  in the e2fsck command. So  the "WARNING:
Filesystem still has errors" tell all.
You SHOULD run e2fsck without the -n option BEFORE trying to mount it
and back up data or trying to resize it !
Otherwise..... you could well loose all the data !
Just my 2� .....
BTW : it is strange that all multiply allocated blocks are found to
belong only to one file. What was the system doing during the resize ?
What was the file system activity during that time ? And las t but not
least, you once told us that before running the resize, you ran the
fsck. Was it with -n option also ?  This may explain all the subsequent
events.

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