[lug] Accessing FC5 drive on new FC9 install

[Patrick Mullen]

> More likely you used to have FC5 on a partition on /dev/sdb.  You converted
> that partition to LVM and can't get your data.  Possibly your partition
> table is close to what it was, or can be reconstructed.

This all came about because I stuffed the drive from my old desktop
into a new desktop, with the thought that I would be able to just
access my old data from the old drive.  In hindsight, it would have
been quite simple to just transfer my old home directory to the new
box using tar and netcat.  Oops.

> the partition into a PV, rather than a file system, you'll also have to
> reconstruct the file system.  That might be possible if you can find a spare
> superblock.

That's an idea.  At this point, I really don't have much to lose. ;)

> So how did you come to have both drives in the same VG?  Was FC5 there
> before or after that point?

When I booted into FC9, for whatever reason it listed both drives as
VolGroup00, but it only actually gave me access (that I could find) to
the files on the new drive.  So the old drive (FC5) was theoretically
part of VolGroup00 but with no Logical Volumes.

Are you saying FC5 didn't actually have lvm?  The biggest lesson
learned here is to listen to the little voice in your head saying
you're not in the right mindset to deal with a particular issue so you
should just stop and revisit the topic the next day, rather than
listen to your cow-orker giving questionable advice.  :-D


Thanks,

~Patrick