We think the drives are good. We want to mount the four drives to extract the data (it was RAID 5). We only have 1 SATA2USB adapter. If I am able to read the whole paritition (using dd), how can I mount 4 iso's using RAID to get the data? On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Eric Cope http://cope-et-al.com