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Apr 20, 2023 · Operations

Recovering a Broken LVM Root Partition on CentOS 7

A friend’s CentOS 7 server failed to boot because the LVM‑managed root partition disappeared, and this guide walks through diagnosing the dracut error, extracting partition data from raw disk sectors, recreating the LVM backup file, and restoring the system to a bootable state.