On Thu Jun 06, 2013 at 04:47:33PM +0200, Nicolas Michel wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I need some help to recover some data that resides on a disk that was
> part of an array in an Iomega device. I connected the disk with a
> SATA->USB connector to my computer. An mdadm --examine give me theses
> informations:
>
> ############################################################
> # $ mdadm --examine /dev/sdc1
> # /dev/sdc1:
> # Magic : a92b4efc
> # Version : 0.90.00
> # UUID : 76fc436c:be43bed5:f0f41dd6:3e9e1b96
> # Creation Time : Fri Jun 8 04:21:19 2012
> # Raid Level : raid1
> # Used Dev Size : 20980800 (20.01 GiB 21.48 GB)
> # Array Size : 20980800 (20.01 GiB 21.48 GB)
> # Raid Devices : 2
> # Total Devices : 2
> # Preferred Minor : 0
> #
> # Update Time : Thu May 23 14:55:13 2013
> # State : clean
> # Active Devices : 1
> # Working Devices : 2
> # Failed Devices : 0
> # Spare Devices : 1
> # Checksum : b0ae04f1 - correct
> # Events : 28935
> #
> #
> # Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
> # this 2 8 1 2 spare /dev/sda1
> #
> # 0 0 0 0 0 removed
> # 1 1 8 17 1 active sync /dev/sdb1
> # 2 2 8 1 2 spare /dev/sda1
> ############################################################
>
> What I cannot achieve is to create a newly empty array and insert that
> existing disk inside of it, so I can backup the data elsewhere.
>
> I tried with mdadm --assemble /dev/sdc1 but it says:
> mdadm: device /dev/sdc1 exists but is not an md array.
>
> I someone have an idea? It would be really really great :)
>
You need to specify the array name with --assemble, not just the member
name. Try "mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 /dev/sdc1"
Cheers,
Robin
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