Anyway to Access LVM from Windows?

[Jon Ingason]

Hi Chris,
Chris Bradford wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I'm doing a bit of forward planning here. In the event of an os problem
> and a user needed files off a hardrive with LVM is there any way to
> access it from Windows XP Pro? I've found lots of ext2 ext3 viewers /
> drivers, but none of them can access LVM's.
> 
> I suppose the other option would be to plug the drive into another Linux
> box, would the LVM then appear under 'computer' or would I need to mount
> it? If so is this a simple process even for an LVM?

Run Samba on you Linux and then you can mount your LVM filesystem to 
Windows.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Chris Bradford
> Cambridge Newspapers
> 
> 
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Jon Ingason