Re: Is this possible?

Re: Is this possible?

[Edmundo Carmona]

I sent the email to vger.rutgers.edu and bounced back. Let's see if
this one goes through this time.

On 5/2/05, Edmundo Carmona <eantoranz@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, Guys!
> 
> I'm a very satisfied linux user (for some years already). :D
> 
> There was a problem with a Raid controller at the office. One raid-5
> hasn't worked since an accidental power down there was some days ago.
> 
> After the IT department (which, by the way, is made by Microsoft
> lovers) gave up on it, they gave me one oportunity to work with it to
> see if I could get the data from the storage device.
> 
> The device is a netraid-4m from HP.
> 
> I was able to get knoppix to probe it with the aacraid module.
> However, right after modprobing, I get read/write errors in dmesg.
> 
> There is no faulty disk (according to the light panel of the netraid).
> 
> I've been wondering if it would be possible to get images of all the
> (separated, of course) disks that make the array, get them to a linux
> box and try to have the array come back to live throught a software
> array.
> 
> Please, tell me if there's a (at least theoretical ;)) possibility to
> get this done... and (as I'm a rookie with raid), tell me the
> guidelines to get it done.
> 
> I appreciate your help!
> 
> Thanks!
>

RE: Is this possible?

[Guy]

I don't know, but have you contacted HP?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org [mailto:linux-raid-
> owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Edmundo Carmona
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 3:18 PM
> To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: Is this possible?
> 
> I sent the email to vger.rutgers.edu and bounced back. Let's see if
> this one goes through this time.
> 
> On 5/2/05, Edmundo Carmona <eantoranz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello, Guys!
> >
> > I'm a very satisfied linux user (for some years already). :D
> >
> > There was a problem with a Raid controller at the office. One raid-5
> > hasn't worked since an accidental power down there was some days ago.
> >
> > After the IT department (which, by the way, is made by Microsoft
> > lovers) gave up on it, they gave me one oportunity to work with it to
> > see if I could get the data from the storage device.
> >
> > The device is a netraid-4m from HP.
> >
> > I was able to get knoppix to probe it with the aacraid module.
> > However, right after modprobing, I get read/write errors in dmesg.
> >
> > There is no faulty disk (according to the light panel of the netraid).
> >
> > I've been wondering if it would be possible to get images of all the
> > (separated, of course) disks that make the array, get them to a linux
> > box and try to have the array come back to live throught a software
> > array.
> >
> > Please, tell me if there's a (at least theoretical ;)) possibility to
> > get this done... and (as I'm a rookie with raid), tell me the
> > guidelines to get it done.
> >
> > I appreciate your help!
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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