Kelly Harding wrote: > Thanks to a few users help from various sources I've managed to fix the > problem with LVM2 I was > having. > > It was due to 2.6 series kernel not being used that caused the problems. > Downgrading to the version currently > in testing rather than the version in unstable seems to have solved the > problems with LVM2. > > however I now cannot mount the partition as XFS doesn't like it. > > I get the following error if I try to mount the Volume: > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on > /dev/3diskvolume/3diskvolume, > missing codepage or other error > (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use > ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > dmesg | tail or so > > If i try using xfs_check on the partition/volume i get: > > xfs_check: /dev/3diskvolume/3diskvolume is invalid (cannot read first > 512 bytes) > > Does this mean the parition is useless and needs to be recreated? or is > it possible to repair and regain > access to the data? > > Any help much appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Kelly
If you remember the approximate sizes/locations of the partitions, you can use parted to locate them. It is a bit iffy, but it has worked for me in the past. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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