Antonio da Silva Martins Junior <asmartins at uem.br> wrote: ----- "Michael Mueller" escreveu: > >I have a centos 4 box i use for a file server (nfs and samba). >It has two hdd: hda is for the standard install; hdb is for /export/samba/netdisk0 > >hda is lost - it just clicks now > >i think hdb is still good > >i can't figure out how i can remount the hdb disk in a new machine and retrieve the info from it; >i've scanned the LVM howto and googled some LVM topics, but nothing seems to address my particular need > >i was oblivious to LVM until now, so i did not save anything from the /etc dir on the hda disk > >can someone help me get a clue? Well, I will first try to boot from the install CD/DVD on rescue mode, if it can't handle the LVM data on the HDD. I will try Ubuntu :) Can you send more info on the partition schema for this HDD ? Thanks for your help. I tried the rescue mode; it only found what was on the new install of 4.3 single server cd; i tried adding mount /dev/hdb1 /export to fstab and rebooted again; /export/samba/netdisk0 was there - but it was just an empty file - probably because of the LV structure on the disk it seems to me that if a system is built under LVM and is comprised of multiple disks, recovery out to be quite easy; i must be missing something here; with the pre-LVM partitioning, i would just mount the /dev/hdb1 and be on my way; i am hoping there is a similarly easy way to get my disk back into a file system -- Mike --------------------------------- Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070705/0df3c17d/attachment-0005.html>