Re: [OT] Re: XFS - hard drive dying

[A JM <vbtalent@xxxxxxxxx>]

[root@myth ~]# mount
/dev/hdb3 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw)

[root@myth ~]# mount /dev/VGforMyth/video
[mntent]: line 9 in /etc/fstab is bad
mount: special device /dev/VGforMyth/video does not exist

[root@myth ~]# file -s /dev/VGforMyth/video
/dev/VGforMyth/video: ERROR: cannot open `/dev/VGforMyth/video' (No
such file or directory)


What do you think about the LVM spread over 2 disks and "dd"
determining the file size from that as opposed to just a single drive?