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, José Pedro Saraiva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/20/05, Patrick Rutkowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 July 2005 19:37, José Pedro Saraiva wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply Colin =) > > > > > > > If you remember your stripe size, then you should be able to plug > > > > your drives into any ICH5R-based motherboard and get your data back. > > > > Theoretically, you could plug your drives into any RAID whose BIOS > > > > does not write to the disks when creating an array and then recreate > > > > 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 best > > > > 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 but > > > 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 there > > > 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 is > > > crucial to me, they're just too expensive for my pocket. :-( > > > > > > José Pedro > > > > My one BIG FAT WARNING to you would be to think for 30 seconds or more > > before > > pushing any buttons when redoing your disks. > > > > Its very easy to accidentally format things when you don't know exactly 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: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you for contacting Intel(R) Technical Support. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Neat, huh? :D > Now I can blame Intel if anything goes wrong! :> > > Regards, > José Pedro > > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- "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___)~~~~ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
