topic Re: not a valid vxfs format in Operating System - HP-UX

not a valid vxfs format

Peter_295 — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:37:38 GMT

i have hpux 11 on b1000.
/home is not mounted, the message is
"not a valid vxfs format".
i try with dd to make image, make new /home
and write back with dd
the message is the same "not a valid vxfs format".
have i lost the data or is a way to save it?

Re: not a valid vxfs format

Naveej.K.A — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:45:08 GMT

hi,

see the entry in /etc/fstab.

try mounting mannualy
mount -F vxfs /dev/vg00/lvolx /home

regds
Naveej

Re: not a valid vxfs format

Naveej.K.A — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 03:46:42 GMT

give fstyp /dev/vgxx/lvolx

and make sure it is vxfs

regds

Naveej

Re: not a valid vxfs format

Bharat Katkar — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:08:08 GMT

See whether you are reffering to correct LV. Confirm whether the /home filesystem is using the same LV which you trying to mount on /home directory.
See /etc/fstab file properly and FStype field in the same

Re: not a valid vxfs format

KapilRaj — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:14:42 GMT

I think there is a file called /etc/fefaults/fs ??, If there is an entry to say it is Vxfs and he tryies to mount the fs , where it is HFS

I think you should find out what type of filesystem it by fstyp and mount -F hfs / vxfs .

Regds,

Kaps

Re: not a valid vxfs format

Cheryl Griffin — Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:34:23 GMT

If the filesystem was corrupted/destroyed, you may need to newfs home, then restore from the backup.

# newfs -F [hfs or vxfs] /dev/vg00/rlvolx
# mount /home