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How to mount an LVM volume?

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Mar 15, 2026396744 views
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Problem

I'm trying to mount an LVM2 volume in Linux, but all the instructions I see online say to mount the Volume Group, such as: but I don't know how to figure out the name of it. I see the drive in Palimpsest, and that's all the info I know.

Error Output

mkdir -p /mnt/VolGroup00/LogVol00

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Here are the steps I used to accessing a LVM from Fedora 17, it should work with most forms of Linux. Boot Fedora 17. Make sure lvm2 is installed: Load the necessary module(s) as root: Scan your system for LVM volumes and identify in the output the volume group name that has your Fedora volume (mine proved to be VolGroup00): Activate the volume: Find the logical volume that has your Fedora root filesystem (mine proved to be LogVol00): Create a mount point for that volume: Mount it: You're done,…

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