Re: Recovering data from a Raid 1Sata HD
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On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 09:49:54AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 11:11:08 +0000
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 23 December 2015 10:23:41 tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 07:41:00AM -0300, Renaud OLGIATI wrote:
> > > > Given a Sata HD that was part of a RAID1 array on a now defunct Wheezy
> > > > system.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a way to mount it on another Wheezy system to recover the data ?
> > > >
> > > > I have tried to mount it, and get
> > > >
> > > > root@ron:/home/ron # mount -t ext4 /dev/sdi9 /media/eSata
> > > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdi9,
> > > > missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> > > > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> > > > dmesg | tail or so
> > > >
> > > > What file type should I give for the -t param of mount ?
>
> > > Try to omit the explicit file system ("-t ext4") in the mount
> > > invocation above: mount should be able to find out by itself --
> > > unless you positively know that ext4 is right.
>
> > If it is demanding a file type, how about "-t auto"?
>
> root@ron:/home/ron # mount /dev/sdi9 /media/eSata
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
> root@ron:/home/ron # mount -t auto /dev/sdi9 /media/eSata
> mount: you must specify the filesystem type
That means mount can't guess what filesystem is on /dev/sdi9. I fear we
won't be better at it. But you could try something like:
sudo dd if=/dev/sdi9 bs=1024 count=1 | file -
Perhaps 'file' can shed some light onto it (it doesn't always)
Regards
- -- tomás
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