From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j22JYGK30388 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:34:16 -0500 Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.fr (smtp6.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.25]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j22JYAua020474 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 14:34:10 -0500 Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf0612.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id A65111C0014E for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:34:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from tangerine.coulon.evette (ADijon-151-1-24-166.w83-194.abo.wanadoo.fr [83.194.120.166]) by mwinf0612.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5AAAC1C0013F for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:34:04 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by tangerine.coulon.evette with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1D6Zbf-0001OJ-TH for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:34:03 +0100 Received: from tangerine.coulon.evette ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tangerine [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04274-10 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 20:33:55 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=tangerine) by tangerine.coulon.evette with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1D6ZbW-0001Nu-Sj for linux-lvm@redhat.com; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 20:33:54 +0100 Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:33:54 +0000 From: "Jean-Luc Coulon (f5ibh)" Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Partition table gone? Any way to restore? References: <4225FBC8.9020904@are-b.org> <20050302174819.GN17589@lug-owl.de> <4225FEBC.2060505@are-b.org> <20050302180537.GO17589@lug-owl.de> <42260F1B.2030803@are-b.org> <1109791034l.28794l.3l@tangerine> <4226135E.9060303@are-b.org> In-Reply-To: <4226135E.9060303@are-b.org> (from oliver@are-b.org on Wed Mar 2 20:26:22 2005) Message-Id: <1109792034l.28794l.4l@tangerine> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-lBAXsjfe2h2ME0tjQblK" Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: To: linux-lvm@redhat.com --=-lBAXsjfe2h2ME0tjQblK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; DelSp=Yes; Format=Flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Le 02.03.2005 20:26:22, oliver a =E9crit=A0: > Thanks! However the partition is fine and fit so I should be able to =20 > dd everything off of it. >=20 > The output of gpart was the following: > root@enterprise:~# gpart -w hmlvm,1.5 /dev/hde >=20 > Begin scan... > Possible partition(ReiserFS filesystem), size(50431mb), offset(14mb) >=20 > * Warning: short read near sector(120103011), 64512 bytes instead of =20 > 66048. Skipp > ing... > End scan. >=20 > Checking partitions... > Partition(Linux ext2 filesystem): primary > Ok. >=20 > Guessed primary partition table: > Primary partition(1) > type: 131(0x83)(Linux ext2 filesystem) > size: 50431mb #s(103284656) s(29799-103314454) > chs: (29/9/1)-(1023/15/63)d (29/9/1)-(102494/7/62)r >=20 > Primary partition(2) > type: 000(0x00)(unused) > size: 0mb #s(0) s(0-0) > chs: (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)d (0/0/0)-(0/0/0)r > part 3 and 4 where 'unused'. >=20 > Now gpart found something, however not the missing LVM PV i was =20 > hoping. Or atleast, I don't think so. I will google around to see how =20 > to make a 1 on 1 copy of this disk, and then try to write it. I'll =20 > report back. In the mean time, keep those ideas comming : ) >=20 Just an idea, be careful, it is not the *truth* as I have not tested it =20 yet. Here is what I *think* : The partition type is no matter for lvm. Recover the partition as you like then do a fdisk to change the =20 partition type to 8E ... and see (or pray) J-L ( ... ] --=-lBAXsjfe2h2ME0tjQblK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCJhUiUdGGXzzGnNARAspCAJ9nxCQSqlB0DEyeSm3oBB8DedkmwACfaeUW oVMbeYO74K6gn6nx2iZ7mYk= =VGY9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-lBAXsjfe2h2ME0tjQblK--