Re: LVM - dead disk

2006-04-18 Thread Chris Searle
On Apr 2, 2006, at 07:09, Klaus Pieper wrote: modprobe dm_mod apt-get update apt-get install lvm2 However, the soft links for the lvm commands are not available, so you create them. cd /sbin; ln -s lvmiopversion vgscan; vgscan etc .. As an alternative, you could use a debian install cd.

Re: LVM - dead disk

2006-04-01 Thread Klaus Pieper
Hi Chris, So - I thought I'd try to chroot in from a CD live disk - knoppix was what I had lying around (4.0) - but that doesn't have lvm or has an lvm version difference. The dm_mod kernel module is there, but not the lvm utilities. So, you simply install it. modprobe dm_mod apt-get

Re: LVM - dead disk

2006-04-01 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 20:04 -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 22:25 +0200, Chris Searle wrote: > --snip-- > > Vol group vg0 consisted of hda3, hdb1 and hdc1 (the plusses and > > minuses of this idea I'm well aware of - at the time it seemed > > appropriate for what I was try

Re: LVM - dead disk

2006-04-01 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 22:25 +0200, Chris Searle wrote: --snip-- > Vol group vg0 consisted of hda3, hdb1 and hdc1 (the plusses and > minuses of this idea I'm well aware of - at the time it seemed > appropriate for what I was trying to get working). > > Now - hdc burnt out (real smoke, smell of

Re: LVM - dead disk

2006-04-01 Thread Chris Searle
On Apr 1, 2006, at 21:14, Klaus Pieper wrote: Which file systems are (or maybe were) on lvm? Do you need lvm to boot up the system? What about backups? Klaus I do have some backups (amanda to dds3 dat) - so - it's not going to be a crisis if I can't get it fixed (although - getting the la

Re: Fwd: LVM - dead disk

2006-04-01 Thread Klaus Pieper
Which file systems are (or maybe were) on lvm? Do you need lvm to boot up the system? What about backups? Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Fwd: LVM - dead disk

2006-04-01 Thread Chris Searle
Just not my day today :( We'll try this again. Begin forwarded message: From: Chris Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: April 1, 2006 10:27:16GMT+02:00 To: Debian Administration <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Fwd: LVM - dead disk Oops - that should have gone to the list Begin

Re: LVM - dead disk

2006-03-31 Thread Klaus Pieper
vgreduce --removemissing vg0 Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

LVM - dead disk

2006-03-31 Thread Chris Searle
OK. The system has the following /dev/hda1 swap /dev/hda2 root /dev/hda3 lvm2 area /dev/hdb1 lvm2 area /dev/hdc1 lvm2 area Vol group vg0 consisted of hda3, hdb1 and hdc1 (the plusses and minuses of this idea I'm well aware of - at the time it seemed appropriate for what I was trying to ge