make a directory say "/mnt/home" and then do mount /dev/fedora_localhost-live/home /mnt/home Then handle it like a normal directory. On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 10:43 AM Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin(a)fastmail.us&gt; wrote: > > I have copy of Fedora 29 on another drive in this computer and I would > like to access the home partition on it from this Fedora 31 system. I > can mount the drive /dev/sda2 and do lvscan, one of the few lv commands > I have in my noes from 2011. I usually select standard partitions when > installing to avoid this sort on confusion, I don't know why I have this > one lvm system but it is there and it still boots if I want it, however > it would be convenient to be able to see the file directly without > shutting down and booting the other system from the boot menu. > > I have mounted /dev/sda2 at /media/test and done lvscan and found that I > can do: > > [root@Workstation-1 bobg]# ls -al /dev/fedora_localhost-live/home > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Mar 26 05:16 /dev/fedora_localhost-live/home > -> ../dm-1 > > but I don't know how to list "home" on the lvm, is it possible and how? > > Bob > > -- > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, > Fedora Linux-31 XFCE > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org

On Thursday, March 26, 2020 1:39:13 PM EDT Bob Goodwin wrote: This indicates that the file "home" is a synbolic reference to the file (or directory) "../dm-1". [snip] That command just redirected ls's stdout to the /dm-1 file or directory. The file you want is ../dm-1 -- not "home -> ../dm-1". The shell parses that as 'home' and '-' and then "sees" ">" as a redirect stdout. -- Garry T. Williams

you should be able to do exactly this: mkdir -p /mnt/home mount /dev/fedora_localhost-live/home /mnt/home cd /mnt/home ls -l On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:41 PM Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin(a)fastmail.us&gt; wrote: > > > > On 2020-03-26 12:34, Roger Heflin wrote: > > make a directory say "/mnt/home" and then do mount > > /dev/fedora_localhost-live/home /mnt/home > > > > Then handle it like a normal directory. > ° > All I am able to do is: mount /dev/sda2 /media/test and then # cd > /dev/fedora_localhost-live/ > > That gets: > [root@Workstation-1 fedora_localhost-live]# ls -al > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 100 Mar 26 05:16 . > drwxr-xr-x. 21 root root 4380 Mar 26 05:17 .. > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Mar 26 12:58 home -> ../dm-1 > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Mar 26 05:16 root -> ../dm-0 > lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 7 Mar 26 05:16 swap -> ../dm-2 > > And that produces: > > [root@Workstation-1 fedora_localhost-live]# ls -al home -> ../dm-1 > ls: cannot access '-': No such file or directory > > I think I will give up on this tack. It just tends to justify my > avoiding LVM and the complexity it adds which I don't need or want. I > will boot F28 and save the 'home' files somewhere where I can get them, > perhaps a usb drive or my nsf server, > > Thank you for the help, Bob > > > > > > > -- > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, > Fedora Linux-31 XFCE > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org

On 2020-03-26 14:42, Roger Heflin wrote: ° Yes, that worked. DF shows: /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-home  860G   25G  792G   3% /mnt/home And I can list the contents as I desired. Thanks for providing the solution. 25G I don't need to save all of that so accessing it that way is my best option/ Thanks,  Bob -- Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, Fedora Linux-31 XFCE