In <5EC9CC69-3A07-4CE5-A2C0-776B6BDF52E3@econophone.ch>, Philip Mötteli wrote:
Now, that I have a backup, I tried the 'pvcreate' command. As you probably would have expected, it refused to do anything, because it couldn't find sdc.
If the device shows up when booting from the GParted LiveCD and does show up when the system boots normally, you are most likely missing a kernel module. Boot into each and get a list of loaded modules. (Either lsmod or cat /proc/modules.) You should have at least one loaded during the GParted LiveCD boot that is not loaded in the normal boot. Load each of those in turn, looking for the one that makes a new block device appear and the PV be detected again. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/