[linux-lvm] Logical Volume Inaccessible

[Tom+Dale]

>What does 'pvscan; vgscan; lvscan' show? If the LVs show 'inactive', try 

>'lvchange -ay <lv_path>', then 'lvscan' should show the LV as 'ACTIVE'. 
>If so, try mounting the LV.
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Here is what I got:

[root at localhost ~]# pvscan
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 0: Input/output error
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 4096: Input/output error
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error
  No matching physical volumes found
[root at localhost ~]# lvscan
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error
[root at localhost ~]# vgscan
  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 0: Input/output error
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 4096: Input/output error
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error
[root at localhost ~]# lvchange -ay /dev/sda2
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 0: Input/output error
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 1024 at 4096: Input/output error
  /dev/sda2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error
  Volume group "sda2" not found
  Skipping volume group sda2
[root at localhost ~]#