Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id j728vJV00382 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 04:57:19 -0400 Received: from anubis.medic.chalmers.se (anubis.medic.chalmers.se [129.16.30.218]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j728v7Ys013646 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 04:57:13 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.4] (c-2d31e353.1023-1-64736c10.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [83.227.49.45]) by anubis.medic.chalmers.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D91B4F76 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 10:57:04 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <42EF3574.2020301@me.chalmers.se> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 10:57:24 +0200 From: Thomas Svedberg MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: [linux-lvm] Broken disk, any chances ? Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: linux-lvm@redhat.com So I have a broken disk (with root on LVM) and lost the block(s)=20 containing the LVM partition info. I have moved the entire disk to a=20 backup (dd_rescue) but can not find the LVM partition with any tools I=20 tried (gpart, testdisk). Am I f.cked or can I still get some data of=20 these lost partitions (3 ext2/3 partitions on that LVM VG) ? --=20 / Thomas ....................................................................... Thomas Svedberg Department of Applied Mechanics Chalmers University of Technology Address: SE-412 96 G=EF=BF=BDteborg, SWEDEN E-mail : Thomas.Svedberg@me.chalmers.se .......................................................................