From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakob Oestergaard Subject: Re: AW: Am I dead? Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:17:48 +0100 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20021202141748.GF6155@unthought.net> References: <4D618F6493CE064A844A5D496733D667031549@freedom.icomedias.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D618F6493CE064A844A5D496733D667031549@freedom.icomedias.com> To: Martin Bene Cc: Nick Lindsell , linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:53:44PM +0100, Martin Bene wrote: > Hi Jakob / Nick >=20 > > > Am I dead or can I "freshen" sda2 so I can at least have 2=20 > > > devices in my array and therefore > > > have a chance of either backing off the data or rebulding=20 > > > with a new sdc ? > >=20 > > http://unthought.net/Software-RAID.HOWTO/Software-RAID.HOWTO.html > >=20 > > Section 6.1 "Recovery from Multiple Disk Failure" >=20 > I think a pointer to neils mdadm should be included in the howto: Nei= ls tool > allows much easier recovery from this situation, as it'll just overri= de the > event counter and reuse all the other information. This means that yo= u can't > mess up because of incorrect raidtab etc. >=20 I completely agree. mdadm is a tremendously useful tool, which I unfortunately hasn't had the time to get acquainted to. I will be very happy to include your submission ;) --=20 =2E............................................................... : jakob@unthought.net : And I see the elder races, : :.........................: putrid forms of man : : Jakob =D8stergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html