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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is not possible !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Only option you *might* have, is to do a dd_rescue
from the failing disk on to a new disk (I used same make/model), only works if
the old disk sometimes still has a little life in it.. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ddrescue/">http://freshmeat.net/projects/ddrescue/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I used it once, took a LONG time, stopping and
starting it, but recovered over 90% in the end</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Patience, having a rubber hammer at hand, hitting
it from time to time...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Else: r</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>estore from
backup !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(You DO have a backup, right ?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Denie</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=sundol@kaist.ac.kr href="mailto:sundol@kaist.ac.kr">HYUN-CHUL KIM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=linux-lvm@redhat.com
href="mailto:linux-lvm@redhat.com">linux-lvm@redhat.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 21, 2005 4:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [linux-lvm] recover problem from
hard disk failure</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Hi, all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>One among three hard disks
constituting a LVM logical volume has failed.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">How to recover data from the other
two hard disks?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Hyun-Chul Kim</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Computational Cell Biology
Laboratory<BR>Department of Biosystems<BR>Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology<BR>Yusung-Gu, Taejon 305-333<BR>Republic of
Korea</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>