[wellylug] problem mounting debian partition under ubuntu

Colin Lewis cjlewis at slingshot.co.nz
Tue Sep 22 22:01:01 NZST 2009


Ah, this now works.  I can also access my actual documents as well, and 
I have even managed to get a desktop link.  Thanks so much for the support.

Colin


Cliff Pratt wrote:
> Colin Lewis wrote:
>   
>> having just had Ubuntu installed on Sunday's installfest, I am now 
>> wanting to access my existing documents from my 2nd HDD that my previous 
>> Debain install was on.  I was given a set of instructions for using LVM2 
>> to identify the Debian partition details in order to then mount it for 
>> access from Ubuntu.  These have not worked however, so any assistance in 
>> being able to access my second HDD would be appreciated.
>> The following are the instructions and the results I obtained using them:
>>
>> 1. Install lvm2 using command "$ sudo apt-get install lvm2"
>>     appeared to be successful
>>
>> 2. Load necessary modules using "$ sudo modprobe dm-mod"
>>     got result "FATAL: module mod_dm not found"
>>
>> Persevered to step 3 anyway to scan system for LVM volumes to identify 
>> the volume group name using "$ sudo vgscan"
>>     received result "Found volume group "Debian" using metadata type lvm2"
>>
>> 4. Activate the volume using "$ sudo vgchange -ay <volume name>"
>>     gave result "3 logical volume(s) in volume group "Debian" now active"
>>
>> 5. Find the logical volume that has the root file system using "$ sudo lvs"
>>     received result:
>>      LV   VG     Attr   LSize   Origin Snap%  Move Log Copy%  Convert
>>   home Debian -wi-a- 122.45G                                     
>>   root Debian -wi-a-  15.00G                                     
>>   var  Debian -wi-a-  10.00G
>>     This is where I don't think I got sufficient detail back to proceed 
>> further
>>
>> Step 6 was to create a mount point using "$sudo mkdir /mnt/debianhd"
>>     this appeared to work
>>
>> last step which I also haven't done was to mount the Debian volume using 
>> "$ sudo mount /dev/<volume name>/<logical volume> /mnt/debianhd -o ro,user"
>>
>> Any ideas on how I proceed from here appreciated.
>>
>>     
> Looks like all you have to do is:
>
> $ sudo mount /dev/Debian/root /mnt/debianhd -o ro,user
>
> Cheers,
>
> Cliff
>
>
>   



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