Re: Now lost boot dir
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:39 PM, <d_baron@012.net.il> wrote:
>> > Dead in the water. What to do keeping data in lvm partitions?
>> > Best reply off list also. Thanks for any help!
>>
>> As I said before, I have no experience with LVMs and therefore
>> can't be of much help on a recovery. Sorry.
>
> All of the data (except for the boot dir which was not in LVM) should be
> perfectly intact.
> I need a live CD which supports LVM (Knoppix 5.* does not) which will mount
> these volumes.
> From there, I can either copy off needed data to another disk or chroot,
> reinstall some kernel images and set up lilo or grub and be up and running.
> That live CD is the key. Which one?
As I said in an earlier email, you can install LVM while booted from a
Live CD. Since this is Debian, why not a Debian Live CD?!
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