On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 21:47 -0500, jack wallen wrote: > > The problem is that it is an ext3 partition in an LVM partition. SO > > you can not mount it directly. You would mount something like: > > > > mount /dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00 /data > > > > Where you may run into a problem is that it may be VolGroup00 > > instead of VolGroup01 and VolGroup00 is probably being used by the > > new installation as well. You may want to take a look at the LV > > tools. (man lvm is a good place to start.) > > > > that is the problem exactly. i just read i might have to unhook the new > drive, hook up the old drive (by itself), boot, rename the volgroup with > lvm, and then reattach the new drive. problem is this: the old system > was 32 bit - the new system is 64 bit. Irrelevant. The LVM labels on the various bits don't care about whether the OS is 32- or 64-bit. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Senior Systems Engineer rstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - VitalStream, Inc. http://www.vitalstream.com - - - - Duct Tape + Magic Marker = Label Maker! - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
