[TriLUG] LVM questions & recovery

[James c. Jones]

Please disregard ... I was able to use the Fedora 7 install dvd to re-do
the boot partition. I have other problems now, but that will be in
another subject.

jcj


James c. Jones wrote:
> Today my webserver went down. When I started it back up, it could not
> get past grub!
>
> The two lines for starting fedora 7 are as follows ( copied by hand --
> so may not be exact):
>
> Kernel /vmlinuz 2.6.23.1-21.fc7 ro root = /dev/VolGroup00 rhgb quiet
>
> Kernel /vmlinuz 2.6.23.1-3194.fc7 ro root = /dev/VolGroup00 rhgb quiet
>
> Selecting either gives me a file not found error 15
>
> Gparted shows two partitions, the second being a LVM with error -- file
> system unknown. I get a similar message when I attempt to mount the
> second partition in another linux pc running ubuntu.
>
> Please someone point me in a recovery direction!
>
> Thanks
>
> jcj
>