On Fri, June 4, 2010 13:03, Jefferson Ogata wrote: > On 2010-06-04 16:58, Robin Bowes wrote: >> On 04/06/10 17:51, J. Epperson wrote: >>> On Fri, June 4, 2010 12:08, Jefferson Ogata wrote: >>>> On 2010-06-04 15:42, Ron Croonenberg wrote: >>>>> it says that /dev/sda2 is an LVM volume >>>> >>>> In case it isn't clear to you, BTW, this means that /dev/sda2 is >>>> NOT /. >>> >>> ?Does it? >> >> Hmm, I queried that statement too. >> >> Why does this mean that /dev/sda2 is not / ? >> >> As I understand it, the default RH/Fedora install is two partitions: a >> small /boot, and the rest an LVM PV assigned to a VG (VolGroup00) with >> root on an LV inside VolGroup00 ? > > Regardless of default install layout, we have a "bad" superblock on > /dev/sda2 and /dev/sda2 marked as an LVM device. The evidence is strong > that / is an LV within the PV that is on /dev/sda2. If you tried to > recover a superblock directly on /dev/sda2 you would wipe out who knows > what. >
Ah. Quite literally, you're correct. You didn't say that /dev/sda2 did not _contain_ /. This kind of mess is why I always blow away the default PV/LV scheme in the installer and make / on a physical partition. _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
