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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I will keep my crashed virtuals as well. When you figure something out, let the board know, I’m sure it will be something that everyone would want to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The closest I got to mounting the LVM is when I added it to another BO server, and I could see all the LVM partitions, but because they are both named VolGroup00 I was not able to mount it, or even try to do a fsck on it. I tried renaming the volume using the UUID but I still was not able to mount it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The BO install CD did give you options for non raid, and no LVM partition. This time I chose to go the simple route, and not do the LVM.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Gregg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it [mailto:blueonyx-bounces@mail.blueonyx.it] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chuck Tetlow<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, August 17, 2013 7:32 AM<br><b>To:</b> BlueOnyx General Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> [BlueOnyx:13562] Re: Crashed drive<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I feel your pain Gregg, <br><br>I had a BX server rebooted back at the beginning of the year. Same LVM problem. Driver doesn't load, LVM partition not available, kernel panic. I still have that virtual machine sitting around waiting for me to figure out enough about LVM to get into it and rescue some data that had not been backed up yet. <br><br>I think this nonsense with LVM and RAID forced down our throats by the newest installers is bull. The installers from Redhat sometimes don't even give you a option or choice - they just install the way they like. And we end up with LVM, RAID, and partitions named "/dev/mapper/pdc_bdjdgijbbcp4" or some such idiocy! <br><br>I think it should all be optional, not mandatory on the install. Sure, there are people who install Linux and don't know better. But what says LVM is a better way to install, for those who don't know Linux? Personally, I think its worse. I still can't mount a LVM drive in a different machine (or by USB adapter) and get to the data. That's why that virtual is still around - waiting for me to figure out the LVM..... <br><br><br>Chuck <br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>