How to mount an LVM?

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Fri Dec 21 16:28:37 UTC 2007


On Sat, Dec 15, 2007 at 05:33:19PM +0100, ftm wrote:
> I'm having to shift to a new laptop and have removed the drive from the old laptop.  In trying to mount the root "partition" I've run into an area of ignorance - how to mount a logical volume so I can extract the data.  
> 
> Anyone have any quick pointers?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Fred Metcalf
> 

Scan for PV's on the new system, note the vg name you need
pvscan

Activate the VG in question
vgchange -a y VGNAME

display/mount as normal
vgdisplay, lvdisplay, etc.

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