Re: [Hampshire] Funny boot problem

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Author: john lewis
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Funny boot problem
On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:19:51 -0000 (GMT)
"Vic" <lug@???> wrote:

> > I don't think I will attempt to use LVM again, at least not on a
> > system with only a single drive, it is too much effort to get at
> > the lvm'd partitions if things go wrong.
>
> Knoppix 5 is your friend.
>
> vgscan
> vgchange -a y


Yep, finding that last command via google was what let me mount /home
and extract my data. The man pages didn't really help there, as is so
often the case man pages are for the already initiated

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John Lewis
Debian Linux with Geneweb genealogy application