On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Jeff W <jeff.welling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> OK, so in that case if your RAID looks good then it's good, but I >> guess it's technically degraded until you get a replacement drive in >> it. > Yeah, that's a given. The problem isn't so much with the RAID it's > that I can't mount the partition *on* the RAID, and I don't know why > or how I could have gotten myself in this situation. > >> In the meantime, if you've got an external USB/eSATA/network drive >> large enough to back up to then I'd suggest getting a backup complete >> before doing anything else. Just my 2 cents on that one. > Because the data I'm trying to reach is currently only *on* the RAID > (the only other copies were stolen), backing up at this point is > beyond my ability. > Thanks for your feedback and for trying to help though, I appreciate it :) > Jeff. So what _actually_ happens when you issue the commands? Please post back the results of cat /proc/mdstat and mount /dev/mdWHATEVER /mountpoint and let's look at what the system is doing. HTH, Mark -- 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
