[linux-lvm] Accessing LVM partitions from a rescue system

[Pantaleimon]

On Monday 25 November 2002 15:17, Heinz J . Mauelshagen wrote:
> Yeah, pretty strange...
>
> Forgot to ask: you run the _very_ same (LVM) versions on the rescue media
> too ?
>
> Regards,
> Heinz    -- The LVM Guy --

Yes, I berlieve I run the same versions on both occasions. I have only one 
file called lvm-mod.o on my system and that's the one I copied to use with 
the rescue system. I couldn't figure out how to get the version no. from the 
module file, though, just to make sure it's really the same. Tried "insmod 
--verbose" but it didn't give any version no.

On the other hand, your question made me check the kernelversion etc. for the 
rescue system, and it turns out the rescue disk is based on SuSE 5.3 (while I 
use 7.3)  and uses libc5 according to the documentation. That sounds like 
something to do with libraries (even to those not yet initiated, like me, 
into the inner secrets of Linux :-) ). When I have mounted my normal root 
drive on /mnt in the rescue system I link /mnt/lib/* from /lib to be able to 
run the lvm programs. But that only adds the libraries from /mnt/lib. It 
doesn't replace those already there with identical names, if any. Do you 
think the reason could be a mix up of libraries from different versions? Just 
a theory.


> > > > - Anders
> > > >
> > > > > Hello
> > > > >
> > > > > I am trying to mount my LVM partitions manually after booting into
> > > > > a rescue system from floppies. I am not able to do this. During a
> > > > > normal boot from my harddisk LVM works just fine. Notice the output
> > > > > from pvscan and lvmdiskscan below. I ran those commands first from
> > > > > the rescue system and then from a normally booted system. In the
> > > > > rescue system /dev/hda16 is not there. I don't know if that is
> > > > > related to my problem, though.
> > > > >
> > > > > Here are the details of what I am doing:
> > > > >
> > > > > Setup:
> > > > >
> > > > > boot partition      /dev/hda2 type Linux with Ext2
> > >
> > > <SNIP>
> > >
> > > > > lvmdiskscan -- 28 partitions
> > > > > lvmdiskscan -- 20 LVM physical volume partitions
> > > > >
> > > > >
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