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On 07/25/2011 08:00 PM, Jeff Cranmer wrote: |
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> On Mon, 2011-07-25 at 10:45 -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote: |
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>> On 07/22/11 21:56, Jeff Cranmer wrote: |
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>>> Is there anyone who can help me recover my raid array? |
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>>>> Next, I tried commenting out the previously added DEVICE line, and |
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>>>> adding |
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>>>> ARRAY /dev/md0 devices=/dev/sda,/dev/sdb,/dev/sdc |
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>>>> mdadm --assemble --scan returns something different |
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>>>> mdadm: /dev/sdb has no superblock - assembly aborted. |
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>> I think this one should have worked? It seems to have found the |
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>> superblock on /dev/sda, at least. |
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>> Anyway, I imagine everyone (myself included) is afraid to tell you to do |
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>> anything at this point that might trash your data. My advice now would |
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>> be to put it back where it worked, and make a backup. |
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> I already have a backup of the data (much of it in multiple locations). |
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> If it gets trashed, I can recover all critical data. Right now, I just |
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> want to get the storage space back. |
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If you have the data elsewhere, you can just wipe the disks and recreate |
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the array, right? |
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I usually use this rather than read the mdadm --create manpage: |
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http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Software_RAID_Install#Setting_up_the_RAID |
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If you want it to work in Windows... Well, I'm not sure how to *create* |
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a fakeraid with mdadm. The last time I tried (6 years ago?), dmraid was |
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the only way. In that case I would spend $25 on a bargain bin Adaptec |
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card and consider it an investment in future-you's mental health. |
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