On Sunday 01 April 2007 01:02:12 Vic wrote:
> Just catching up on my mail since I've been away...
>
> > Ok I used the insert resuce cd
>
> It's been a while since I've used that, but it claims support for LVM2, so
> all should be well.
>
> > Used vgscan lvdisplay but got "incorrect meta header area checksum "
> > Now I did some googling and found out that this is not good !
>
> I've found two different reasons for that; one of them is very bad.
>
> > In order to restore the meta area you need acess to the /etc dir
> > which is on the disc I can not mount !!!! So can I change the file
> > system to something else ie ext2 or extract the data somehow and then
> > reinstall linux ??
>
> Other than the error message you've told us about, do you get any output
> from "vgscan" or "pvscan"?
>
> Vic.
nope just " No matching physical volumes found "
Is this a dead duck then ?>
Many Thanks
Drystan
