From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 11:22:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 693001065676 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:22:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sos@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from deepcore.dk (adsl.deepcore.dk [87.63.29.106]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 414C08FC1B for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:22:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sos@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laptop.deepcore.dk (laptop.deepcore.dk [192.168.0.138]) by deepcore.dk (8.14.2/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m5TBMOex057703; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:22:27 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos@FreeBSD.ORG) Message-Id: <5AAEE9BE-4A44-46EE-9913-16BEC21802D2@FreeBSD.ORG> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= To: "Garrett Cooper" In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0806282011x472f8d27s955a8e1ab43a7341@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v924) Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:22:24 +0200 References: <7d6fde3d0806260649t6619521bv92b65c472ddb7e1@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080627170323.02591528@mail.computinginnovations.com> <7d6fde3d0806272057p795277a2ie60ac7d7d10f0a6e@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806280129i31874960ofbc7627598e1426f@mail.gmail.com> <735A937C-89A9-411A-AA3F-377F576E635E@freebsd.org> <7d6fde3d0806280348r65875755pf7dc3917bba2bcb5@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806280349j7eace513idb5cd81f9e2e4e0a@mail.gmail.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20080628132240.0255ba38@mail.computinginnovations.com> <7d6fde3d0806281410r781a6a77k98ffe237c10e3eee@mail.gmail.com> <7d6fde3d0806282011x472f8d27s955a8e1ab43a7341@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.924) Cc: ed@80386.nl, current@FreeBSD.ORG, Derek Ragona Subject: Re: URGENT: Need help rebuilding iir RAID5 array with failed drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:22:49 -0000 On 29Jun, 2008, at 5:11 , Garrett Cooper wrote: >> >> I hate to bring this to you, but you will not have an intact =20 >> filesystem when >> the rebuild is done, you have no parity data to rebuild from, just =20= >> as the >> docs states. >> >> -S=F8ren > > Just as you predicted, the disk(s) are unreadable still, even after > the rebuild (and I hope to hell that it didn't destroy/disturb any > data on the surviving members). > > I may just have to get it sent off for recovery (after I dd the > remaining members because there's still some usable data there -- > bloody 2.7TB ... grr) -- apart from that I don't think I have a > choice. You wont get anything from that except a huge bill for nothing. > Oh, where's this "document" of which you speak all the time? I don't > see anything about parity support not being available in either the > geom or iir manpage, or the iir sourcecode. If someone needs a helping > hand inserting that logic into the kernel, I'll gladly assist so > others don't follow my footsteps and fsck up their data. > Would you please try to read what I write to you ? You still insist in mixing up ATA and IIR, it is two distinct drivers =20= for different HW and with very different properties. For ATA docs just use "man ata" and it will show you the way. Shortcut to the raid part is "man ataraid". > For once I wish I had been running Linux or Windows (at least) :(... Oooohhh, that one is soooo tempting..... 8^) -S=F8ren