> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roman Mamedov > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 5:36 PM > To: Bryan Wintermute > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: RAID 5 - One drive dropped while replacing another > > On Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:27:50 -0800 > Bryan Wintermute <bryanwintermute@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have a RAID5 setup with 15 drives. > > Looks like you got the problem you were so desperately asking for, with > this > crazy setup. :( > > > Is there anything I can do to get around these bad sectors or force > mdadm > > to ignore them to at least complete the recovery? > > I suppose the second failed drive is still mostly alive, just has some > unreadable areas? If so, I suggest that you get another new clean drive, > and > while your mdadm array is stopped, copy whatever you can with e.g. > dd_rescue > from the semi-dead drive to this new one. Then remove the bad drive from > the > system, and start the array with the new drive instead of the bad one. Before asking this, I would first ask, "How dead is the first dead drive?" Using dd_rescue on the "dead" drives might recover more data. Or not. It might be time to drag out the backups. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
