Robert L Cochran wrote:
Hi,
I recently upgraded my desktop system with a much larger hard drive.
The old hard drive is now in an external hard drive enclosure (the
kind made by Metal Gear Box) and is plugged in to a USB port. The old
drive has these partitions
Microsoft Windows XP -- 30 Gb
Fedora Core 4 -- 30 Gb
My problem is, I can see the /boot partition on the drive, but I
cannot see the / (root) partition, and I'm want to get at my former
home directory because I have some files there I forgot to back up.
I'm wondering if that partition was named something like:
'/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00' and mounted on /.
Thanks for any help!
Bob Cochran
You are right that the / partition is contained in the LVM. I believe
you need to run lvm and make the partition active, assign a mountpoint
for the lvm, then mount the lvm.
The label that the old hard drive is using is probably / which is the
label most likely used on your newly installed system.
I recovered my previous installation using a USB enclosure and
activating the LVM. It was a long time back and useful information on
activating the LVM was upplied by someone on this list.
Adding USB enclosure - LVM to subject.
Jim
