Re: [linux-lvm] Error -154 can't get data from VG

["Bruno Kraychete da Costa" <brunokc hotmail com>]

> I guess that even when your / is in an LV, it still has to be (or most
> probably will be) contiguous on the disk? This would mean that you
> could handforge a partition table entry that maps exactly the root file
> system. The size does not even matter (make it the rest of the disk),
> as long as the start sector is allright. Such a partition table entry
> would allow you to mount the /, even though it is in an LV.

I remember that, doing a cat /proc/lvm would show me that the only 
contiguous LV was swap (I explicitly set it do be contiguous). But this 
could be a good idea. Could any one confirm if this is possible?

> If you want a good set of recovery tools, download an ISO image of the
> LinuxCare bootable business card (http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd)
> and burn it on a CD. You then have at least a serious amount of tools to
> help you in the repair.

Humm. Thanks for the tip. I'll try this one.

Bruno.

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