First, I'd like to say thanks for all of the great ideas/suggestions, and second, I'd like to apologize for not responding sooner. Also, just so everyone knows - I am working with a SLES9 SP3 based server.
So, what I have figured out at this point is that I definitely did not make the LVM persistent via updating zipl.conf & doing a mkinitrd & zipl, and since I hadn't IPLed the server since creating the LVM, it was just waiting to "get me" - I guess I assumed to much from Yast as that is what I used to create the LVM. At this point I have been working with the "cippled" server to see what I could figure out & then accomplish based on everyone's feedback and so haven't taken the recovery system route yet ... Here's what I have been able to do so far: After bringing the 2 volumes online (chccwdev) and re-establishing the LVM (vgchange) and then mounting it (mount /pathname), it looks like I'm back to were I was before - the directories & data appear to be intact within the LVM space as well. So I think all I have to do at this point is to update the zipl.conf (by adding 'dasd=100-104' to the parameters statement under the [IPL] section) and do a mkinitrd & zipl - does this sound about right? If so, I was wondering if there is a way to update the zipl.conf from a VM-based display since I don't have IP connectivity to the server at this point to use putty and the like - or is this why I need to run a recovery system and chroot into the problem server environment - so I can make this update & issue the mkinitrd & zipl commands? If I can use the VI line editor to accomplish this from the VM display, for example, does someone know how to do this (what commands will work)? I am going to start working on the recovery system concept - I think it's a good idea in general - even if it turns out that I don't need it for this. Thanks again for all the help. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
