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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] recovering data from a Physical Volume!

  • Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] recovering data from a Physical Volume!
  • From: Martin Hicks <mort [ at ] bork [ dot ] org>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 16:08:46 -0500
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 05:09:28AM -0500, Ian! D. Allen wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 12:44:38AM +0900, Maximo Ramos wrote:
> > I used to have an old LVM, like this:
> > /dev/hdc1 and /dev/hdd1
> > Now, /dev/hdc1 just died .... is there any chance to recover some of the
> > data in the /dev/hdd1 ?
> 
> There's always a chance.  What format was the LVM partition?  EXT2/3?
> You might be able to point fsck at the raw disk partition if you can
> find a superblock in it somewhere.
> 
> I think things will be complicated by the fact that offsets in the
> partition will expect that hdc1 precedes hdd1.  So you might only
> be able to fsck hdd1 as part of a larger partition.  I can think of two
> ways of doing that:
> 

You're assuming, of course, that it was a linear LVM.  If he was
striping then its all but a lost cause.

mh

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