On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 14:55 +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > > Any pointers where I can go to find information that might help me > recover the data? > > I'm thinking maybe I should install another FC5 in hda4, just enough > to use the command-line pvcreate tools, and all in one partition, so > I can scrub the FC6 install and get that other LVM volume off of hde . > I currently have an adapter that converts pata to usb ( and power source) - enabling me to simply mount and read the files. Some live cds (knoppix?) allow you to read and write to your screwed up partition. ----gary