[CentOS] figuring out LogVol details for mount

Fri Apr 1 00:50:36 UTC 2011
Winter <winter at frostmarch.com>

On 3/31/2011 6:22 PM, neubyr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to mount a LVM in rescue mode to create a new initrd image. I
> am not sure how do I fond out which LogVol is to be mounted. How do I
> find it out?  In most of the configs I have used LogVol00 with ext3
> filesystem which contains OS install. This particular system is not
> installed by me and I am not sure how do I find it out. I did try 'lvm
> lvs' command, but probably that's not the right command here. Any
> help?
>
> --
> thanks,
> neuby.r.

Good evening, Neuby

When you boot into rescue mode are you given the option to 
continue-mount or read-only-mount the system to /mnt/sysimage?  You 
could try to view /mnt/sysimage/etc/fstab to find the partition types.

Regards,

W.