Attach LVM volume in linux

Attach LVM volume in linux

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Attach LVM volume in linux

How to attach an LVM partition in Linux

Boot Fedora 17.

Make sure lvm2 is installed:

$ sudo yum install lvm2

Load the necessary module(s) as root:

$ sudo modprobe dm-mod

Scan your system for LVM volumes and identify in the output the volume group name that has your Fedora volume (mine proved to be VolGroup00):

$ sudo pvscan

Scans the physical volume

$ sudo vgscan

Activate the volume:

$ sudo vgchange -ay VolGroup00

Find the logical volume that has your Fedora root filesystem (mine proved to be LogVol00):

$ sudo lvs

Create a mount point for that volume:

$ sudo mkdir /mnt/fcroot

Mount it:

$ sudo mount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 /mnt/fcroot -o ro,user

You're done, navigate to /mnt/fcroot and copy the files and paste somewhere else.