I have a drive I am trying to get data off of from a MythDora 5 distribution (Based on FC 8). The new OS is MythDora 5.

The drive is physically connected to an ATA 100 PCI controller card (on channel 2). There's two drives connected to channel 1 on the PCI card. I have one drive connected to motherboard IDE controller (also has SATA, but not using it).

ls -ald /dev/sd*
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 0 2008-07-13 12:51 /dev/sda
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 1 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sda1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 2 2008-07-13 12:51 /dev/sda2
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 16 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdb
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 17 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdb1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 32 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdc
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 33 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdc1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 34 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdc2
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 35 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdc3
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 48 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdd
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 49 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdd1
brw-r----- 1 root disk 8, 50 2008-07-13 16:51 /dev/sdd2


pvscan
PV /dev/sdd2 VG OldSys lvm2 [18.44 GB / 32.00 MB free]
PV /dev/sdc2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [18.53 GB / 0 free]
PV /dev/sdb1 VG Myth lvm2 [279.38 GB / 384.00 MB free]
PV /dev/sdc3 VG Myth lvm2 [167.62 GB / 1.00 GB free]
PV /dev/sda2 VG VolGroup00 lvm2 [18.44 GB / 32.00 MB free]
Total: 5 [502.41 GB] / in use: 5 [502.41 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]


I did a vgrename on /dev/sdd2 VolGroup00 to OldSys. When I try to mount it I get:

[root@core2 ~]# mount /dev/sdd2 /mnt/sdd2/
[root@core2 ~]# mount: /dev/sdd2 already mounted or /mnt/sdd2/ busy
[root@core2 ~]# mount /dev/OldSys /mnt/sdd2/
mount: /dev/OldSys is not a block device

When I do an fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sdd: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xea58cbf6

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdd1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux
/dev/sdd2 26 2434 19350292+ 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/dm-3: 5905 MB, 5905580032 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 717 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk /dev/dm-3 doesn't contain a valid partition table



Any hints on what to do next...?

First don't just do fdisk -l without a target disk unless you want partition table of every disk get listed.
you're trying to mount a PV and VG. you simply can't. you can only mount LVs. do an 'lvscan VG_name' replace VG_name with desired volume group name. then mount the LVs listed. like 'mount -t fs /dev/vg1/lv1 /path'