From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dve1C-0002qk-63 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:35:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6LGYKvW014001; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:34:20 GMT Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.193]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6LGUh3N003228 for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:30:44 GMT Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id k1so1136nzf for ; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:31:02 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Az92C+Rz4X7MlCZQbHWQ40JckcKxIzzvDHYq1/6VcCLdILYzjFjtM5l2lBdYXT7rTuu8LzU13frjk3Sb0QHJOjACgL+BgusuiyM9jw//N9qoMjQ0mdiFH1UmtXGKh/545cS/CG9eRUPv2wD+AYlpElykHf8uXHA3lMC2P6lyFO4= Received: by 10.36.100.17 with SMTP id x17mr188666nzb; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:30:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.36.38.7 with HTTP; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 09:30:39 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 18:30:39 +0200 From: Ryan Viljoen To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] P4P800 - Intel ICH5R - data recovery? In-Reply-To: <12a67947050721075616e7dee0@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <12a679470507191416228086f3@mail.gmail.com> <12a679470507191637456b9b1b@mail.gmail.com> <200507192141.43654.rutski89@gmail.com> <12a67947050721075616e7dee0@mail.gmail.com> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j6LGUh3N003228 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j6LGYKvn014001 X-Archives-Salt: f9b394b5-22d3-42ef-8382-bdb89b3f4b6e X-Archives-Hash: 91bc55a0165a0d85f97a098f21bc95a2 This has been a really interesting topic. I also have a P4P800 which I suspect is also on its way out and was wondering the exact same thing the other day. And I have no chance of backing up all my data there is just to much of it. Thanks Jose. Cheers Rav On 7/21/05, Jos=E9 Pedro Saraiva wrote: > On 7/20/05, Patrick Rutkowski wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 July 2005 19:37, Jos=E9 Pedro Saraiva wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply Colin =3D) > > > > > > > If you remember your stripe size, then you should be able to plug > > > > your drives into any ICH5R-based motherboard and get your data ba= ck. > > > > Theoretically, you could plug your drives into any RAID whose BIO= S > > > > does not write to the disks when creating an array and then recre= ate > > > > the array in the BIOS with the same stripe size. I don't know if > > > > software RAID can rebuild your array, but that seems like your be= st > > > > bet, lest you have a friend with a lot of SATA RAID controllers (= s) > > > > he's willing to lend out. > > > > > > I already ordered another ICH5R motherboard (similar to my P4P800 b= ut > > > a new model, since my old one is not available anymore) to try that > > > out. I'm almost sure that my stripe size is 64KB (default). If so, > > > plugging my hard drives into the new board and creating a new array > > > with the same stripe size will give me access to my data? Or is the= re > > > the risk of loosing it all? Do you know if the ICH5R writes to the > > > disks when creating the array? > > > > > > > If all else fails and your data is priceless, grab a couple grand= and > > > > look into professional data recovery, because unless you can find= a > > > > super-geek, that will probably be your best bet. > > > > > > Unfortunately I cannot afford such a service, even though my data i= s > > > crucial to me, they're just too expensive for my pocket. :-( > > > > > > Jos=E9 Pedro > > > > My one BIG FAT WARNING to you would be to think for 30 seconds or mor= e before > > pushing any buttons when redoing your disks. > > > > Its very easy to accidentally format things when you don't know exact= ly what > > your doing... at least for me it is; I've done it :-p > > > > Wishing the best of luck, > > Patrick Rutkowski > > > It turns out everything is easier than we thought! > I contacted Intel for some support and here's what they told me: >=20 > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ > Thank you for contacting Intel(R) Technical Support. >=20 > You should be able to just connect both drives to a motherboard with > either the Intel(R) 82801ER I/O controller hub (ICH5R), the Intel(R) > 82801FR I/O controller hub (ICH6R) or the Intel(R) 82801GR I/O > controller hub (ICH7R) and everything should work fine. >=20 > Now, you just need to connect the drives. Do not create the RAID 0 > volume again because this will cause the drives to be overwritten. >=20 > Before plugging in the drives, make sure that the onboard RAID > controller is enabled in the BIOS, or that Serial ATA features are set > to RAID. Either one of the above RAID controllers, once enabled at > BIOS level, should be able to detect the RAID structure on the drives. > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= ------ >=20 > Neat, huh? :D > Now I can blame Intel if anything goes wrong! :> >=20 > Regards, > Jos=E9 Pedro >=20 > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 >=20 --=20 "When you play a Microsoft CD backwards you can hear demonic Voices... that's nothing - when you play it forward it installs Windows" Are you fearing my mouse? <:3___)~~~~ --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list