Suse 11.4 no volume group found

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I'm using suse 11.4 on a vmwareplayer 15. I had an issue of / been 100% full and also didn't reboot the machine for a long time. After I cleaned some space I rebooted the machine and now I get these errors :

FATAL MODE incomplete logical volumes will be processed
Volume group "vg-root" not found

mount: devpts already mounted or /dev/pts is busy
FATAL: Module linear not found
FATAL: Module dm_mirror not found
Volume group "vg-root" not found

After i booted to single mode I tried this:

cat /etc/fstab - not found
cat /dev/mapper/ - only file there is control
chroot - not found
vgchange -ay - no volume group found 
fsck - cant find anything to fix.
mount- shows only tmpfs

It's like all vg's and lv's are gone. (vgscan lvscan pvscan not finding anything) What else can I do?

I mean /tmp/ file enteris. i think that its because we didnt reboot the machine For long time and it had an issue, and the reboot triggerd it. — Batchen Regev, Feb 12 '19 at 13:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 13 '19 at 18:22

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When a system will not boot, rescue it from another environment. Boot rescue media, or boot a different VM and attach a copy of their disks. Copy off important data. Optionally, attempt to fix LVM.

Or, build a new host and restore from backups.

answered Feb 13 '19 at 18:22

John Mahowald

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can your share some link maybe with step by step guide ? – Batchen Regev Feb 14 '19 at 10:17
No, because I don't know what is wrong with your LVM. Boot a working OS and try to mount the volumes with your data. – John Mahowald Feb 15 '19 at 12:52

Suse 11.4 no volume group found

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