From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Tim Small <tim@seoss.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Manually reconstructing a RAID5 array from a Dell PERC3/Di (Adaptec)
Date: Wed, 05 May 2010 23:53:01 +0100
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Tim Small wrote:
> Here's a diff between the hex-dump of the first 128 sectors of two of
> the drives...



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--- /tmp/scsi-SSEAGATE_ST336607LC_3JA760WM.raw.hd	2010-05-05 22:18:02.000000000 +0000
+++ /tmp/scsi-SSEAGATE_ST336607LC_3JA763SY.raw.hd	2010-05-05 22:18:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,56 +1,54 @@
 00000000  56 19 02 00 1e 00 00 00  10 00 00 00 f6 cd 3c 04  |V.............<.|
-00000010  00 00 02 00 7d d3 9e 6c  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |....}..l........|
+00000010  00 00 02 00 5a 96 f3 61  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |....Z..a........|
 00000020  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
-000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 9e 55 f8 0a  |.............U..|
-00000200  c4 55 00 00 d3 30 04 bd  01 f0 fa fa 33 03 00 00  |.U...0......3...|
+000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 14 8f e2 44  |...............D|
+00000200  c4 55 00 00 d3 30 04 bd  01 f0 fa fa 2c 03 00 00  |.U...0......,...|
 00000210  00 00 00 00 2c 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 2c 00 00 00  |....,.......,...|
-00000220  00 00 00 00 32 03 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |....2...........|
+00000220  00 00 00 00 2b 03 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |....+...........|
 00000230  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
-000003f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 72 3c 4f d8  |............r<O.|
+000003f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 72 3c 6f 23  |............r<o#|
 00000400  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
 00000c00  98 19 13 04 00 00 01 00  d3 30 04 bd 01 f0 fa fa  |.........0......|
 00000c10  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff  |................|
 00000c20  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  |................|
 00000c30  ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff  ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00  |................|
 00000c40  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
 00000df0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 eb 72 03 35  |.............r.5|
 00000e00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
 00001200  99 25 03 00 d3 30 04 bd  01 f0 fa fa 2c 00 00 00  |.%...0......,...|
 00001210  14 00 00 00 40 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 40 00 00 00  |....@.......@...|
-00001220  00 00 00 00 32 03 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 04 05 ff  |....2...........|
-00001230  d0 45 97 46 00 00 01 00  02 00 01 00 04 00 00 00  |.E.F............|
+00001220  00 00 00 00 2b 03 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 04 05 ff  |....+...........|
+00001230  d0 45 97 46 00 00 03 00  02 00 01 00 04 00 00 00  |.E.F............|
 00001240  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
-00001ff0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 0b 02 09 e9  |................|
-00002000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
+00001ff0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 0f 02 29 ea  |..............).|
+00002000  00 00 00 00 01 96 01 6c  62 45 43 05 d3 30 04 bd  |.......lbEC..0..|
+00002010  01 f0 fa fa 22 03 00 00  80 00 00 00 00 c5 3c 04  |....".........<.|
+00002020  d3 30 04 bd 01 f0 fa fa  03 00 00 00 03 00 00 00  |.0..............|
+00002030  04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  05 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  |................|
+00002040  1a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
+00002050  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  01 00 00 00 80 00 00 00  |................|
+00002060  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
+00002070  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 03 00 00 00  |................|
+00002080  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  01 01 00 00 ff ff 00 00  |................|
+00002090  52 35 20 53 79 73 74 65  6d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |R5 System       |
+000020a0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
-00002200  00 00 00 00 01 96 01 6c  62 45 43 05 d3 30 04 bd  |.......lbEC..0..|
-00002210  01 f0 fa fa 33 03 00 00  80 00 00 00 00 c5 3c 04  |....3.........<.|
-00002220  d3 30 04 bd 01 f0 fa fa  02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00  |.0..............|
-00002230  04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  05 00 00 00 02 00 00 00  |................|
-00002240  1a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
-00002250  00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00  01 00 00 00 80 00 00 00  |................|
-00002260  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00  |................|
-00002270  01 00 00 00 01 00 00 00  00 a6 03 a0 02 00 00 00  |................|
-00002280  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  01 01 00 00 ff ff 00 00  |................|
-00002290  52 35 20 53 79 73 74 65  6d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  |R5 System       |
-000022a0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
-*
-000023f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 0d d4 d2 4b  |...............K|
-00002400  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
+000021f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 0b d2 88 49  |...............I|
+00002200  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
 00008000  99 19 01 00 00 00 00 00  05 00 00 00 e3 8c 81 53  |...............S|
-00008010  00 00 00 00 00 b9 1b 7f  01 00 00 00 7d d3 9e 6c  |............}..l|
-00008020  02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  03 00 00 00 b5 ac e4 8f  |................|
+00008010  00 00 00 00 5a 96 f3 61  01 00 00 00 7d d3 9e 6c  |....Z..a....}..l|
+00008020  02 00 00 00 00 b9 1b 7f  03 00 00 00 b5 ac e4 8f  |................|
 00008030  04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 00008040  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
-00008ff0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 3f 4d d8 d0  |............?M..|
+00008ff0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 16 7e ea 44  |.............~.D|
 00009000  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
 *
 00010000

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