Anyway to Access LVM from Windows?

[Dan]

Gordon Gallup wrote:
> I have yet to find a live CD that will mount a FC3-5 LVM partition.
> They all claim the '8e' designation in the partition table is an
> unknown file-type.  Is there a late release of, say Knoppix, that
> works for this?
> GAG
>
> On 6/9/06, Tony Nelson <tonynelson at georgeanelson.com> wrote:
>> At 9:03 AM +0100 6/9/06, Chris Bradford wrote:
>> >Hi guys,
>> >
>> >I'm doing a bit of forward planning here. In the event of an os problem
>> >and a user needed files off a hardrive with LVM is there any way to
>> >access it from Windows XP Pro? I've found lots of ext2 ext3 viewers /
>> >drivers, but none of them can access LVM's.
>> >
>> >I suppose the other option would be to plug the drive into another 
>> Linux
>> >box, would the LVM then appear under 'computer' or would I need to 
>> mount
>> >it? If so is this a simple process even for an LVM?
>>
>> Or use a live CD, such as Fedora Rescue CD or Knoppix or whatever.
>>
>> And do backups, so you won't need to do this.
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>
What about rescue mode? Boot the FC5 DVD/CD1 and type linux rescue at 
the prompt. Note that if you're moving partitions around or generally 
want them unmounted at some point, do _not_ let it auto-mount them, it 
will be difficult to unmount.
-Dan