<br><br>I have rescued the data finally.<br><br>After reading the messages file again I realised it was /dev/sdc that held the array but it still wouldnt mount.<br><br>So I thought I'd overwrite it and make a new filesystem with<br>
<br>mkfs -t ext3 -c /dev/sdc<br><br>but that didnt work either, so I then did<br><br>e2fsck -b 32768 /dev/sdc<br><br>after a few dozen presses of the 'y' key I hit ctl-c and did<br><br>e2fsck -b 32768 -y /dev/sdc<br>
<br>this ran for over 24 hours and reported errors at the end, so I did it again<br><br>e2fsck -b 32768 -y /dev/sdc<br><br>this ran overnight<br><br>finally I could do <br><br>mount /dev/sdc /disk02<br><br>and my data is there!<br>
<br>hurrah<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:16 PM, j.roberts <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:j.roberts@stabilys.com">j.roberts@stabilys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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On 22/09/10 09:41, Oliver Howe wrote:<br>
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> I have a backup server configured with the following 3 RAID arrays<br>
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> I'm not sure what has happened here and why the array hasnt been recovered.<br>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?<br>
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</div>Just a thought:<br>
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I have had some *very* odd things happen due to<br>
apparently-perfect-but-bad SATA cables.<br>
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