[lvm-devel] LVM2 Disk Layout (on-disk data-structures)

[Jonathan Brassow]

It is text based.  You can see examples in /etc/lvm/archive or /etc/ 
lvm/backup.

  brassow

On Feb 12, 2009, at 11:22 AM, David A. Barrett wrote:

> Does anyone know about where I can find
> documentation of layout of information for
> LVM2 on the disk?
>
> I need to write code to parse the data
> directly from the low-level disc image.
>
> I need to do some data recovery operations
> on multiple logical volumes in two volume groups
> on two physical volumes (each a raid5).
>
> Redhat's fedora 10 installation DVD overwrote
> the partition table and a new lvm on every single
> accessable device immediately after asking for
> my keyboard type (without confirmation).
>
> d dot barrett at asgard dot com.
>
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