2009/6/11 Frank Millman <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi all > > I have installed FC10 on a new hdd. > > I have an existing FC10 on another hdd, and I want to copy some data onto > the new hdd. I have put the old hdd into the same machine, as a secondary > drive, but I am having difficulty in mounting it. > > Here is the output of fdisk - > > -------------------------------------------- > [root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l > Disk /dev/sda: 20.4 GB, 20495658496 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2491 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0x972f8d73 > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux > /dev/sda2 26 2491 19808145 8e Linux LVM > > Disk /dev/sdb: 20.0 GB, 20019314176 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2433 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Disk identifier: 0xd56bd56b > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sdb1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux > /dev/sdb2 26 2433 19342260 8e Linux LVM > ============================================ > > If I try to mount /dev/sdb2, I get the message "unknown filesystem type > 'lvm2pv'". > > I googled for this, and got quite a few hits, but I still can't get it > right. > > Here is the output of pvscan - > > -------------------------------------------- > [root@localhost ~]# pvscan > PV /dev/sdb2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [18.44 GB / 32.00 MB free] > PV /dev/sda2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [18.88 GB / 32.00 MB free] > Total: 2 [37.31 GB] / in use: 2 [37.31 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] > ============================================ > > As you can see, /dev/sdb2 is part of VolGroup00, which according to > /etc/fstab is mounted to /. > > I can see the contents of /dev/sda2, but not /dev/sdb2. > > I tried to create a new volume group for /dev/sdb2, as follows - > > -------------------------------------------- > [root@localhost ~]# vgcreate hdd2 /dev/sdb2 > Physical volume '/dev/sdb2' is already in volume group 'VolGroup00' > Unable to add physical volume '/dev/sdb2' to volume group 'hdd2'. > ============================================ > > So I tried to remove /dev/sdb2 from volume group 'VolGroup00' - > > -------------------------------------------- > [root@localhost ~]# vgreduce VolGroup00 /dev/sdb2 > Physical Volume "/dev/sdb2" not found in Volume Group "VolGroup00" > ============================================ > > That seems strange. > > I tried to remove it using the gui tool Logical Volume Management. This > gives the message 'Volume Group VolGroup00 does not have enough space to > move the data stored on /dev/sdb2. A possible solution would be to add an > additional Physical Volume to the Volume Group.' > > I don't know why it says that. All I want to do is remove a physical volume > from a volume group. > > Now I have run out of ideas. Please can someone explain how I can mount my > old FC10 drive in my new FC10 machine. I can't help you fix it, but I think your problem is that you have a clash of Volume Group names. Both your old and new disks are part of a VG called VolGroup00 and I have some ideas how to go about fixing that. I think if you can work out what the UUID of the Volume Group on your F10 disk is, you can run: vgrename <F10UUID> VolGroup00_tmp You should be able to see the UUID of that Volume Group from F10 with "vgdisplay" -- Sam -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
