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 (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m048Kp1t019599 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:20:51 -0500 Received: from sandbox.cz (sandbox.cz [87.236.197.188]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m048KKuu014681 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 03:20:21 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sandbox.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6CCD29F39 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:20:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from sandbox.cz ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sandbox.cz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id UvpN-5w95Xf0 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:20:11 +0100 (CET) Received: from boudicka.no-ip.org (linux.mfservis.cz [212.71.131.91]) by sandbox.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEA3F29F21 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:20:11 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <477DEC64.6050108@sandbox.cz> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:20:52 +0100 From: PeS MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Crashed disk with LVM References: In-Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Hiamal wrote: > Hi, > > I have tow disks(hda and hdb) where tow partitions(hda2 and hdb1) a > part of one LVM group VG01. > Now disk hdb has crashed and I'am trying to save the data on hdb1 to > another disk. > I tried with knoppix dumping(dd) hda2(works) and hdb1(don't work) and > I also tried activating the lvm group and dd the lvm volume but when > dd comes to hdb1 the disk just hacks and sounds noisy :-P Instead of dd try dd_rescue. It's able to skip errors on failed disc and read the rest. > What should I do? During dumping, prepare you regular backup plan ;-) > /h