From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Edmundo Carmona Subject: Re: Is this possible? Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 15:17:44 -0400 Message-ID: <65aa6af9050502121759b2d400@mail.gmail.com> References: <65aa6af90505021204715af788@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Edmundo Carmona Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: In-Reply-To: <65aa6af90505021204715af788@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids 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 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! >