On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Dario Nievas <nievasdario@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > could you please provide the output of: > "pvscan" > "lvscan" > "vgscan" > lvm pvscan;lvm lvscan;lvm vgscan PV /dev/sdc2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [7.28 GB / 32.00 MB free] PV /dev/sda2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [232.62 GB / 32.00 MB free] Total: 2 [239.91 GB] / in use: 2 [239.91 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00' [230.66 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01' [1.94 GB] inherit Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2 Found volume group "VolGroup00" using metadata type lvm2 > If you were able to see and activate the VG, it shouldn't be harder than > "mount /dev/<vgname>/<logvolname> /mnt/anymountpoint It demands -t. [root@cod ~]# mount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 test2 /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 looks like swapspace - not mounted mount: you must specify the filesystem type [root@cod ~]# mount -t lvm2 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 test2 mount: unknown filesystem type 'lvm2' [root@cod ~]# mount -t ext2 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 test2 mount: /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 already mounted or test2 busy [root@cod ~]# mkdir test4 [root@cod ~]# mount -t ext2 /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 test4 mount: /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 already mounted or test4 busy > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Dave Burns <tburns@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have a thumb drive with fedora installed on it. When I plug in the >> drive, /boot mounts automatically. fdisk -l shows the root partition >> device is LVM. I would like to mount / by hand at another mount point, >> but I can't figure out what parameter to give to -t. man mount no >> help. man lvm doesn't seem to mention mounting. Googled around, can't >> find the answer. >> >> I went to the fedora lvm howto >> (http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/index.html). It tells you about >> 11.1. Initializing disks or disk partitions >> 11.10. Reducing a logical volume >> >> I don't think I need to do any of that. I just want to mount it. How? >> >> Thanks, >> Dave -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines