On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 20:12:19 -0800 Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, if you've got a different bootable box, > you could always attach > the drive, and attempt to mount the partition, > and read the data. Unfortunately, the only Linux box in the house is mine. I just checked the Windoze "Disk Management" thingie, and it reports three "unknown partitions" of the right sizes. The only thing that doesn't work is the 2.5.44-ac2 kernel and the 2.4.19-gentoo-r7 kernel on the rescue CD. > >>>Anyone know how I might restore my table, > >> > >>with data? > >> > >>This sounds like hardware failure. At this > >>point, restoring anything > >>without verifying the sanity of your hardare > is > >>an exercise in futility. > > > > > > Darn. I already lost one hard disk, and this > was to be its replacement. It > > seemed to work fine. > > Well, since you were using a 2.5.x kernel, i > suppose it could be some > crazy kernel bug that made your drive into > swiss cheese. Is the > replacement drive identical to the original? I > wonder if its a bad > batch of drives. At any rate, if you're > certain of the exact partition > sizes & boundaries, then you could always > recreate them, and your data, > if its still there at all, should be intact. The replacement drive is three months newer, and pulled from a working system and sold on Ebay. It's an identical model. The first time around, I hotplugged the power switch, fried the logic board, so I swapped logic boards, copied the data onto a 40GB drive (now with Windoze), reswapped the logic boards, and copied back to the Ebay 60GB. The kernel has been relatively stable, but I was rebooting mainly because for some reason the thing wasn't printing, and I couldn't think of anything else to do (plus I had an aching desire to game a bit). > > I'd like a separate physical form of media. > Might a USB hard disk be what I'm > > looking for? All four hard disks are > currently being used for different > > things, one is my boot disk, and I don't > trust it for anything but that (it > > generally works, but if I were to do anything > really intensive-), then the > > Linux disk, and then the two Windows disks > are in a JBOD array. > > A JBOD for windoze? That's the most unique > usage i've ever heard for a > JBOD. Audio edits take huge amounts of space, and I haven't found a Goldwave clone for Linux yet. I'm doing fine with my 2 40GB drives operating as an 80GB. If it makes you feel any better, they are IBM Deathstars- a 60GXP and a 120GXP. > Anyway, i'd recommend against using > volitile media as backup > storage. All it takes is a mechanical failure > to lose your backups. > Depending on how much data you need to backup, > you could go with > something as simple as CDRW's, or a tapes. > Sure, you'll need to > purchase a tape drive if you've got a very > significant amount of data, > but its still the most dependable, scalable > backups methods around. I usually keep around 10-20GB per OS around (and no, I can't lose the audio files under WindeXP). You'd recommend CDRW's? I've lost more data from them than from these two hard disks. What sort of prices would I be looking at with tape? Anything above, say, $300-$350 is just way too much. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
