From: Lasse Jensen <fafler@gmail.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Assembling RAID 5 array with missing superblock
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 07:50:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTin8SxVSjUWNAQdmfixYN=Cm_5riAUE37ikGssAO@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinfMUaLOVHBh0ZXFmHs353u==XkbGYtM8MPNkh8@mail.gmail.com>
So should I just bite it and build a new array? All the really
important stuff is backed up elsewhere, the rest is, well, just crap i
got of the Internet, you know...
One last thing, I've been thinking about. What copying the superblock
from one of the working drives to the defect one and using a hew
editor to change the drive number and alignment? Is there much device
specific data in the superblock?
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Lasse Jensen <fafler@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just keep having bad luck with my RAID 5 array. One drive (out of 4
> WD15EARS drives) was dropped from the array due to powerfailure and
> rebuild failed because of bad sectors on another drive. I have been
> spending the last few days with ddrescue, copying the data from the
> drive with bad sectors to the dropped one. The problem is now that the
> drive has bad sectors have spread where the md superblock used to be
> on the faulty drive (the very last sectors of the drive, right?), so
> how do i force it to assemble without it and with one drive missing?
>
> What drives are by the way the best consumer grade drives to use for
> RAID operation?
>
> I really, really hope this is the last time i need to ask you guys for help.
>
> --
> Lasse Jensen (fafler at gmail dot com)
>
--
Lasse Jensen (fafler at gmail dot com)
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-23 14:05 Assembling RAID 5 array with missing superblock Lasse Jensen
2011-02-23 20:55 ` Jaap Crezee
[not found] ` <AANLkTikDCd1NiXzv28_KiGa8OmpmeWFRKoeZMfj_JdiD@mail.gmail.com>
2011-02-24 8:17 ` Lasse Jensen
2011-02-24 16:10 ` Iordan Iordanov
2011-02-24 17:27 ` John Robinson
2011-03-03 6:50 ` Lasse Jensen [this message]
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