Hi ERIC On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Eric Cope wrote: some light googling revealed buffalo as a UFS partition over four drives. > Has anyone recovered a software RAID 5 configuration? Can I dd to an iso, > mount the iso's, mount the raid, extract the data, and move forward? You might have a different super block on the disk from Buffalo. You might check your exact model (Is this a LinkStation) against the HowTo's from Buffalo? Knoppix works really well for restoring disks (every systems admin needs a knoppix USB flash) Page 218 dd_rescue (in case there are bad blocks): http://www.scribd.com/doc/15490322/Knoppix-Hacks-by-OReilly-Media Buffalo's Wiki shows a procedure on how to restore data to a LinkStation using Knoppix: http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Upgrade_%28or_replace%29_the_existing_LinkStation_hard_drive And: http://buffalo.nas-central.org/wiki/Upgrade_%28or_replace%29_the_existing_LinkStation_hard_drive#Backup_your_entire_hard_drive.2C_partition_a_blank_drive_on_a_Knoppix_workstation Full Knoppix Hacks (ripped to Scribd): http://www.scribd.com/doc/15490322/Knoppix-Hacks-by-OReilly-Media > > > > > -- >> > Eric Cope >> > http://cope-et-al.com >> > >> >> -- >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >> >> > > -- > Eric Cope > http://cope-et-al.com > > Hi Eric -- Skype: (623)239-3392 AT&T: (503)754-4452 www.it-clowns.com