On 5/23/07, Markus Lindholm <markus.lindholm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What I did in a similar situation was to - Power down - Disconnect the new root disk - Power up with a LiveCD (I used F7-test4) - Use vgrename to rename the volume group on the old root disk - Power down - Reconnect the new root disk - Power up - Now the old root disk should be accessible as it doesn't have the same volume group name anymore as the new one.
And rename any LV/VG references to a unique name (at re/install time) to prevent any future conflicts :¬) S~ -- Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.