Hi, because this is MD raid, you want to ask on linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx about your issue. Regards, Heinz On Fri, 2009-06-26 at 11:20 +0200, enid vx wrote: > Hello to all, > I have a server system which is configured with raid5 software > (mdadm) . It is composed by 4 HDD SCSI each 37GB. > I have installed on it RedHat Linux 9, in the default configuration > (so /boot a separate partition and the other ones with LVM) > > My problem is that one of the partitions configured with raid 5 (Linux > raid autodetect) i believe that it is on degraded or faulty state, > > my system does boot up but it shows on the screen "Kernel panic , > cannot find initrd" > > I have very sensible data in there, and the problem is that I didn't > make a backup. I want to just retrieve some of the data files there. > > I managed to boot into the rescue mode with CD1 of RH9 and the > commands which I tried to do: > # mdadm --examine --scan /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 > > /etc/mdadm.conf > #mdadm -A -s > #cat /proc/mdstat --->>> it showed the raid array but only with three > partitions exactly /dev/sda2 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 > > I have lvm so I entered: > #vgchange -a y vol0 > #mount /dev/vol0/lv0 /mnt/lv0 -->> which I think is the / > partition, and I couldn't copy my files (not all of them but the > important ones), > > it gave some I/O errors in copying (transfering with scp in another > server). > > so I gave: > #fsck /dev/vol0/lv0 and responded with Y (yes) to all of the questions > (a huge number of inode problems) > > and now again I can't copy my files.... :-( > > My question is how can I recover my files, is there another way? > > Your help would be very appreciated! > > Thanks in advance. > _______________________________________________ > Ataraid-list mailing list > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list _______________________________________________ Ataraid-list mailing list Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list
