On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Eric Martin
<
eric.joshua.martin@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's raid 5, and I can't recover the group because of a hd error on two
> disks. I wanted to see if I could move that data somewhere else to force a
> rebuild but it looks like a no. Oh well, to the backup drive.
>
> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Jason Couture <
plaguethenet@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> What kind of raid? If it was raid 5 I don't believe you can rebuild the
>> array unless you have 2 surviving disks, so unless you can somehow recover
>> one of the other two it would seem you are sol. Been a long time since I've
>> done anything but 0, 1 and 0+1 so I could be wrong.
>>
>> Sent from my android wireless device.
>>
>> On Dec 18, 2010 12:48 PM, "Doug Mildram" <
dmildram@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> You're hosed (i think) unless
>>
>> -- you're rich and you send the disks to a shop for megabucks (they may
>> start with a trivial purchase of 2-3 identical model disks)
>>
>> -- OR IF your problem was NOT the actual platters/heads, YOU obtain 1-2
>> same-model disks, swap the board from a replacement disk onto your hosed
>> disk ( w/ sm torx tool and brave fingers )
>>
>> I've not done this myself yet.
>>
>> I HAVE had "stiction" problems where (after a power out or a "rest" so a
>> disk bearing/lubricant gets a chance to harden) the disk just isnt spinning
>> up. Of course, tapping/whacking it at the right/initial moment will usually
>> cure that and you can feel if it's spinning or not....if you can hold it in
>> your hand ...OR somehow get hands-on during powerup.
>>
>>
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