hard drive data

[kablargh]

ok, so the reason why it turned out like this is tricky, but basically, i successfully installed fedora core 6 on a hard drive, and then moved certain files onto that hard drive. being the newb that i am, i somehow managed to get the fedora to such a terrible state that i can't even boot off of it anymore. so i use another hard drive and get it working again, but i'm having difficulty getting at the files on original hard drive (which, naturally, are irreplacable and important). so here's what i get from the terminal

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hdd: 200.0 GB, 200049647616 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24321 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hdd2 14 24321 195254010 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 14 14593 117113850 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 14 24792 199037317+ 8e Linux LVM

the one in bold is the one i'm trying to get at, so i go

[root@localhost ~]# mount -t ext3 /dev/sda2 /media/a
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda2,
missing codepage or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so

any suggestions?

[leigh123linux]

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=143388

Try using a proper mount command for LVM found at end of post#1