[linux-lvm] Partition table gone? Any way to restore?
oliver
oliver at are-b.org
Thu Mar 3 22:28:47 UTC 2005
Small update. Using a hex editor i was able to more closley examine my
disk(s). Since I have 2 LVM setups I was somewhat able to compare what I
have to what I should have. I do still need some insite however.
From what I can tell, pvcreate only modifies the first few k's of the
disk, followed by information stored from the vgcreate.
Then the lvcreate adds some more information after this. (vg00/lv basicly).
I hope i got it right so far : )
Now, the vgcreate information is identical on the two surviving parts
except for a 'hostname<someserialnumber>' part around address 0x00012c.
Then at 0x0001000 we see the UUID of the VG passing by followed by some
data (which is identical on all three vgs.
I don't think i have to look beyond this point in space/address.
Assuming that none of the tools (besides pvcreate) write anything before
0x0001000, I should be able to pvcreate /dev/hde edit the UUID of that
specific PV (to the same stored in the other two PV's so the three match
up again) and have a fully workable LVM set again.
The only thing that might worry me is crc information stored somewhere
after 0x0001000 (However it appears to me that there isn't a whole bunch
of data stored before 0x0001000 and the data created by pvcreate is
identical on all 3 drives with the exception of the UUID so the crc
value should match again) and the string 'vg00'at 0x0000ac i see on all
disks (the name of the vg.
What my question is (without spending days reading the sourcecode : ) is
am I correct? Assuming that all the 'important' metadata and such is
stored 'after' 0x0001000 hex, is there a good chance of it working?
I'm thinking of running a pvcreate, change the UUID of the PV to what I
expect it to be, add 'vg00' at 0x000ac and be happy?
I could simply try, I know, but some feedback first would be appreciated
; ) I really don't want to loose my data.
Thanks a lot.
Oliver
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