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| ==Recovering SME Server with lvm drives== | | ==Recovering SME Server with lvm drives== |
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− | The purpose of this howto is to give to you the abilities to access to your data if the SME Server is broken and can't start in a normal way. | + | The purpose of this howto is to give to you the abilities to access to your data if the SME Server 8 is broken and can't start in a normal way. |
| you have several methods below, but all are done on a default Raid over LVM, therefore you might need to adapt to your configuration, if necessary. | | you have several methods below, but all are done on a default Raid over LVM, therefore you might need to adapt to your configuration, if necessary. |
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| If your issue concerns a grub issue, you should look to this [[Grub|wiki page]] | | If your issue concerns a grub issue, you should look to this [[Grub|wiki page]] |
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| + | ===Method with the official SME Server CDROM === |
| + | I presume that your SME Server is on a RAID over LVM, otherwise you will have to adapt this HOWTO. |
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| + | * start the system with your official SME Server CDROM |
| + | * give at prompt : '''linux rescue''' |
| + | * set your language and your keyboard |
| + | * set to '''no''' the start of network interfaces |
| + | * set to '''continue''' the question about how the system is mounted in /mnt/sysimage |
| + | * set to '''ok''' |
| + | * give at prompt : |
| + | chroot /mnt/sysimage |
| + | su - |
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| + | Now you have successfully mounted your LVM and you are able to read your data in a chroot environment, you can save them on a usb disk |
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| + | * to exit |
| + | exit |
| + | exit |
| + | halt |
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| ===Method with SystemRescueCd=== | | ===Method with SystemRescueCd=== |
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− | Now you have successfully mounted your LVM and able to read your data on /mnt/recover, you can save them on a usb disk with the file browser for example. | + | Now you have successfully mounted your LVM and you are able to read your data on /mnt/recover, you can save them on a usb disk with the file browser for example. |
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| ===Method === | | ===Method === |