Thanks Guy :)
Nothing at all. I haven't rebooted; I haven't attempted any dd's
The only think I've done is stop the monitor: /etc/init.d/mdadm stop
and see what's up cat /proc/mdstat and run mdadm --display /dev/md0
I'm preparing linux-2.6.9 (currently running 2.6.6).
I've ordered another 250Gb disk and a basic Sil-Img 2xSATA controller that should be here in the morning so I'm not planning on doing anything until then.
I've been reading up on dd_rescue and dd_rhelp too. They're now installed and waiting.
David
Guy wrote:
Let me know what you have done so far.
Guy
-----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Greaves Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:32 PM To: Dick Streefland Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: RAID5 - 2nd drive died whilst waiting for RMA
Dick Streefland wrote:
David Greaves <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | so, the plan in order to try and extract data: | * insert new drive as /dev/sdd1 | * dd if=/dev/sda1 of=/dev/sdd1 | * mdadm /dev/md0 --remove /dev/sda1 | * physically swap /dev/sda and /dev/sdd so /dev/sdd | * mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sda1 | * fsck filesystem and expect to lose files where there were bad blocks | * wait for new drive (special delivery - tomorrow morning) | * insert new drive as /dev/sdd | * mdadm /dev/md0 --add /dev/sdd1
You might want to check out "ddrescue", which is a version of "dd" that is designed to read from a disk with bad sectors.
That was it - thanks :)
I was googling 'dd recover' and various 'badblocks' etc... not 'dd rescue'
Also found dd_rhelp which looks sensible.
fingers crossed that it works...
David
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