Quoting Markku Kolkka <markkuk@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Dave Stevens kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika maanantai 18
> joulukuu 2006 00:19):
> > It is
> > partitioned as a swap and /boot and /, with / as Linux type 83
> > (according to fdisk, which is correct). When I manually to to
> > mount / to the /mnt/hda directory I get:
> >
> > [root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/hda3 hda
> > mount: you must specify the filesystem type
> > [root@localhost ~]#
> >
> > When I "man mount" I don't see an LVM option. I have tried
> > googling LVM but both don't see the point and don't see how.
>
> Why do you think that the partition is a LVM physical volume?
> Type 83 is a regular Linux partition, a LVM volume should have
> type 8e.
and it does, I misread the output but have now reread it. It is 8e as you say.
Try following the advise in the error message and
> specify the filesystem type (ext3 by default).
did so with this output:
[dave@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# mount -t ext3 /dwev/hda3 /mnt/hda[dave@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# mount -t ext3 /dwev/hda3 /mnt/hda
mount: special device /dwev/hda3 does not exist
[root@localhost ~]# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda3,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | tail
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1
0000:04:08.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed
eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 45e1.
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
slideshow[3262]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
slideshow[3280]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
slideshow[3298]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
slideshow[3323]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda3.
[root@localhost ~]#
mount: special device /dwev/hda3 does not exist
[root@localhost ~]# mount -t ext3 /dev/hda3 /mnt/hda
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda3,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | tail
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1
0000:04:08.0: tulip_stop_rxtx() failed
eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 45e1.
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
slideshow[3262]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
slideshow[3280]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
slideshow[3298]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
slideshow[3323]: segfault at 0000000000000000 rip 00000000004047cc rsp
0000000040a00090 error 4
VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev hda3.
[root@localhost ~]#
I have started the LVM manager and there is a screenshot of what it finds at:
hp.bccna.bc.ca/~aa056/ScreenshotofLVM.png
I only want to get the data off hda3 and I will then retire the drive.
Thanks for the reference to the tutorial, I'll read up on it.
Dave
>
> > Can someone please tell me how to mount that LVM partition
>
> You don't mount LVM partitions directly. You mount LVM logical
> volumes.
>
> > and
> > if possible refer me to an LVM tutorial?
>
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/
>
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