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From: Richard Kampmann <Richard.Kampmann@freenet.de>
Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] LVM problem - how to recover? (solved)
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 14:38:49 +0100
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Hi Zac,

> > Any way to recover the LVs of the old volume group? A vgcfgrestore (YES,
> > there was a vgcfgbackup before!) does not work ... bad luck.
>
> What errors do you get using vgcfgrestore?

thank you for your answer. I got various errors ...

The reason for this was that all hints and todos I found had the wrong syntax 
(maybe old lvm-version ...). The manpage of vgcfgrestore does not tell  
anything helpful.

In the meantime I found the right syntax and with a little trying and 
stumbling I managed to get access to the important LVs on both disks. Most of 
my important data is available - only one filesystem was badly corrupted. 
Maybe a 'reiserfsck --rebuild-tree' helps (runs at the moment).

So my problem seems to be solved - thanks.

Bye

Richard