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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: July 09, 2013, 10:55:17 am »

I have removed sdd1 and just formatting with ext3 from my Win 7 PC using mini partition wizard than I will put it back in and run fdisk -l again and will post the results

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: July 09, 2013, 09:20:11 am »

FYI

The 4 x HDD's in the RAID are still showing as removed

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: July 09, 2013, 09:19:04 am »

Thanks I will hold off contacting the funeral director

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: July 09, 2013, 07:41:37 am »

Here you go

dcerouter_1024641:/home/bruce# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 750.1 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x39686ed2

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       90446   726507463+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2           90447       91201     6064537+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5           90447       91201     6064506   82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0006a5c8

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1               1      182401  1465136001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb217d64b

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1               1      182401  1465136001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdd: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x43b7a284

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdd1               1      182401  1465136001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sde: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 193801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2848762e


   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sde1   *          14      193802  1465033728    7  HPFS/NTFS

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: July 06, 2013, 09:42:02 am »

Awesome news means I can cancel the funeral director

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: July 05, 2013, 06:35:22 pm »

Also I tried the first command of mdadm -D /dev/md1

And got

dcerouter_1024641:/home/bruce# mdadm -D /dev/md1
mdadm: md device /dev/md1 does not appear to be active.

May be look up Beeker in the Funeral Notices 

Regards
Beeker

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: July 05, 2013, 06:17:22 pm »

Hi Crumble,
Installed the new HDD and tried

mdadm --stop /dev/md1
mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md1 /dev/sd[b,c,d,e,f] 


And got

dcerouter_1024641:/home/bruce# mdadm --stop /dev/md1
mdadm: stopped /dev/md1
dcerouter_1024641:/home/bruce# mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md1 /dev/sd[b,c,d,e,f]
mdadm: no recogniseable superblock on /dev/sdb
mdadm: /dev/sdb has no superblock - assembly aborted
dcerouter_1024641:/home/bruce#

Any thoughts

Regards
Beeker

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Users / Re: TSCHAK has a TSCHAKlet now.

« on: June 29, 2013, 10:22:38 am »

Congratulations to Mum and Dad 

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: June 29, 2013, 09:57:19 am »

Hi Crumble,
I finally found a used Seagate 1.5TB on eBay for the right price of $61 and its on its way so I should have it next week so I am hoping that when I plug it in it will automatically rebuild the software RAID then I can copy all the content over to my new QNAP NAS that is ready to go with RAID6 and 19TB

I will have everything crossed next week when I put the replacement HDD in, so wish me luck and I will definitely let you know how it goes as you have been a fantastic help and if it all goes according to plan than I wont end up being killed if I can recover the wedding photos and all the other data 

Thanks again

Kind regards
Beeker

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: June 18, 2013, 07:18:04 pm »

Thanks I think I am going to need it 

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: June 18, 2013, 01:34:38 pm »

Thanks I will purchase a new Seagate 1.5TB HDD and see what it does and let you know............its going to take a couple of days to organise a new HDD

Thanks again for your patience and assistance with this issue........just confirming I should first try su mdadm -D /dev/md1 then if that does nothing then use the two cmd's that you suggested 

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: June 18, 2013, 04:36:47 am »

Just so I fully understand could I clarify a couple of your suggestions as you point out I rather not lose all the data.

As the original RAID was set up with 4 x HDD's and the 5th one Linuxmce automatically marked as spare can I buy another 1.5TB HDD and replace the failed one in the raid and hopefully it will rebuild as from my understanding that you are saying if I replace the HDD I can't just have 4 hDD's I need it to have the spare as well and if that is correct once I replace the faulty HDD then it will it rebuild or will I have to use one of your commands that you sent.

I have a backup of some of the data though as its a RAID array I assume I can't take out each HDD and put it in my QNAP and copy it

Really appreciate all your help and sorry for the dumb questions I just need to recover the family photos or life won't be worth living I certainly have learned a lesson here about backing data up

Regards
Beeker

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: June 17, 2013, 10:20:56 pm »

Done Thom..........excuse any mistakes as its the first ticket I have ever created so I hope its correct 

Please let me know if I need to make any changes

Beeker

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: June 17, 2013, 09:54:31 pm »

Will do happy to provide any information or help

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Users / Re: URGENT 810 Software RAID failed after power outage

« on: June 17, 2013, 10:49:57 am »

I got home and checked all the HDD's and found with one making a slow beeping noise which I can only assume is sdd1 so a couple of questions

Should I leave it plugged in and try to rebuild the RAID with the commands you gave me and hopefully the spare drive will now form part of the RAID though I think the spare drive is just that a "spare drive" and not a hot spare so the other choice would be to unplug sdd1 and plug that into sdf and then reassemble the RAID with your commands and hopefully the data will come back

I really appreciate all you help with trying to help me fix this thanks very much

Best regards
Beeker