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From: Penghui Wang <wangpenghui@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Asking for advices after harddisk crash.
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:15:53
Message-Id: f24fc9c0709162205h22ab96bfy7292ce69eb30f51f@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] Asking for advices after harddisk crash. by Randy Barlow
1 We have backup two days ago, but this server is a busy mail server. So two
2 days mail missing is a big deal. So we have to try our best to recover it
3 any way.
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5 Thanks for your advice.
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7 Penghui Wang
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10 On 9/17/07, Randy Barlow <randy@×××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
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12 > Penghui Wang wrote:
13 > > Thanks very much, David,
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15 > > Could you tell me why you said that the problem is one of the drivers
16 > > and not the controller? In my opinion, i think the filesystem has been
17 > > broken by the force online and force check operations. So i am afraid if
18 > > i remove one of the disks, then the current stuation will be changed,
19 > > and it would be harder to recover the filesystem.
20 > >
21 > > The extened partition sda4, contained two logic partitions. swap and
22 > > /home. Now both of them disappeared, and there is a wrong beginning and
23 > > end cylinker sda5 there.
24 > >
25 > > If i create the two partition manully as the very same both begining and
26 > > end as before, is it helpfull. Or there are some other partition scaning
27 > > program i could use?
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29 > Do you have a good backup you can restore from rather than trying to
30 > reconstruct the array with possibly bad hardware? That could be an
31 > easier route to go with, depending on the situation...
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