On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Christopher Sawtell <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> On 10 April 2012 16:41, Nick Rout <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Christopher Sawtell <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Greetings, >>> > >>> > I am planning a root and branch cleanup and re-install of my computer's >>> > Linux O/S. >>> > I have done a dd copy of the partitions but find to my dismay that I >>> > cannot >>> > mount the resultant image file using the mount command. It complains >>> > about >>> > the LVM file image being an unknown format type. >>> > >>> > I have searched far and wide for help, but the necessary incantation >>> > must >>> > reserved for the uber guru cognoscenti, or the mounting a LVM disk image >>> > file is simply not possible. >>> > >>> > Please help. While I am not in extremis, being able to mount the >>> > partition >>> > image file would save me task of having to save the disk contents over >>> > again as umpteen thousand files one by one. >>> >>> Won't you need to set them up as an LVM group again? >> >> >> Quite possibly. but I have not been able to find any info about doing that >> little action. >>> >>> >>> >>> Theres a very >>> good pair of tutorials by the guy who founded gentoo, whose name >>> presently escapes me. >> >> >> His name is Daniel Robbins. > > So it is! The articles were on an IBM website - I think he worked there. >
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