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From: wiebittewas <wiebittewas@googlemail.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Data Offset
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:22:44 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <530B2B84.3010208@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120605085728.7e922359@notabene.brown>

Am 05.06.2012 00:57 schrieb "NeilBrown" bzgl. "Re: Data Offset":


> OK, try:
> 
>    git clone -b data_offset git://neil.brown.name/mdadm
>    cd mdadm
>    make
> 
>    ./mdadm -C /dev/md1 -e 1.2 -l 5 -n 5 --assume-clean -c 512 \ 
>       /dev/sdc3:2048s /dev/sdb3:2048s ???  /dev/sdd3:1024s ???
> 
> The number after ':' after a device name is a data offset.  's' means sectors.

well, luckily I've found this message and was able to rescue an array
with two failed disks with only a few damaged files...

but is there any possibility that this features comes into normal tree,
so it will be usable in near future from rescue-sticks like grml?

> Don't install this mdadm, and don't use it for anything other than
> re-creating this array.

or does it interfere with other necessary features?

I've viewed a diff to standard 3.2.5 and doesn't see real complex
things, but even a lot of smaller changes.

at least thanks for your work.

w.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-02-24 11:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-01 23:22 Data Offset freeone3000
2012-06-01 23:52 ` NeilBrown
2012-06-02  0:48   ` freeone3000
2012-06-04  3:35     ` NeilBrown
2012-06-04 18:26       ` Pierre Beck
2012-06-04 22:57         ` NeilBrown
2012-06-05  5:26           ` freeone3000
2012-06-05  5:44             ` NeilBrown
     [not found]               ` <CAFhY2CiDTMRSV2wFCMhT9ZstUkHkJS7E0p7SP-ssfqwaquo+0w@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found]                 ` <20120610074531.65eaed81@notabene.brown>
     [not found]                   ` <CAFhY2CgxkjH6JvJzvQt9XT0oawntK7YoTFqnXQJGzvqthD8XpQ@mail.gmail.com>
2012-06-13  9:46                     ` Pierre Beck
2012-06-13 12:49                       ` Phil Turmel
2012-06-13 17:56                         ` Pierre Beck
2012-06-13 18:11                           ` Phil Turmel
2012-06-13 18:22                             ` Pierre Beck
2012-06-13 18:49                               ` Piergiorgio Sartor
2012-06-20  3:56                                 ` freeone3000
2012-06-20 14:09                                   ` Pierre Beck
2012-06-25  6:25                                   ` NeilBrown
2014-02-24 11:22           ` wiebittewas [this message]
2014-02-24 21:38             ` NeilBrown
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-05-15 14:11 Data offset Patrik Horník
2014-05-15 22:07 ` NeilBrown
2014-05-16  0:41   ` Patrik Horník
2012-05-10 17:42 Data Offset Piergiorgio Sartor
2012-05-24  5:20 ` NeilBrown

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