undo LVM?

[Tom H]

On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Herman Aalderink <hermanaa at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have no access to my drives. I have to format all ?
> During install of 10.04 Alternate 64 I used LVM. The install was not completed.
>  Now all 3 drives (in 2 'logical volume groups') are gone.
>
> I need the contents of my (old) HOME (that I marked 'do not format').
> I did identify the partition, but no access.
>
> Gparted reported:
>  Flags: lvm
>
> Unable to detect filesystem! Possible reasons are:
>  -the filesystem is damaged.
>  -the filesystem is unknown to Gparted
>  -there is no filesystem (unformatted)

If your old home is lvmd, you have to start from a live CD, install
lvm2, activate the VG, and mount it.