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Old 06-25-2011, 11:31 AM   #1
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Could not find /dev/mapper/*


Ok so I have a Debian Squeeze server that I use to share files and printers with over the network. Today, I boot up the server and I get filesystem error where fsck failed. It says that it could not find /dev/mapper/<insert partition here> (I use LVM) on all my partitions. So in order to use the backup superblock, I need to type in "e2fsck -b 8193", however, how would this help anything if it cannot find the partition in the first place?

What should I do to get this repaired quickly? I really need my printer back up and running.
 
Old 06-25-2011, 11:35 AM   #2
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Ok so it was able to find my root partition and swap, but my var, tmp, home, and usr have all disappeared.
 
Old 06-25-2011, 12:02 PM   #3
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Ok it looks like some of the partitions had their name changed. They were once sda3 but are now dm-0?
 
  


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