MPS WebCrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes, /dev/sda1 is my primary drive, and /dev/sda2 is the secondary drive
>in the ex-RAID. It is where the data I was wanting to get from the backup is.
Hopefully you mean *partition* rather than *drive* since both sda1 and sda2
are on the same physical disk. Not trying to nitpick, just making sure
we're both on the same page, which I'm not entirely sure we are. If
/dev/sda1 is "/" on the primary disk, then /dev/sda2 can't possibly be the
secondary drive - if you have a second physical SCSI drive then it would be
/dev/sdb. Physical drives are lettered a-z, partitions on the drives are
numbered and generally start with 1:
First SCSI disk = /dev/sda
First partition on first SCSI disk = /dev/sda1
Second partition on first SCSI disk = /dev/sda2
Third partition on first SCSI disk = /dev/sda3
Second SCSI disk = /dev/sdb
First partition on second SCSI disk = /dev/sdb1
Second partition on second SCSI disk = /dev/sdb2
...and so on. Follow me?
>You are right in the fact that this is an extended partition. There
>should be two partitions on it: 1) the mirror of "/" 2) the mirror of "swap".
If in fact you have a second physical drive then perhaps the old mirror of
"/" is on /dev/sdb1.
>======================================================
>[root@login admin]# fdisk -l /dev/sda2
>{nothing}
Try it without the 2, eg: "fdisk -l /dev/sda". fdisk wants to look at the
whole disk and gets confused when you give it a partition.
>[root@login admin]# fdisk -l /dev/sda1
>Disk /dev/sda1: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1045 cylinders
>Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>Disk /dev/sda1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
>======================================================
Same thing - "fdisk -l /dev/sda"
>How would I go about mounting the old "/" off of /dev/sda2?
If in fact your secondary drive winds up being /dev/sdb1, then "mount
-text2 /dev/sdb1 /some/mount/point" should give you access to the old "/"
>Thanks for all your help
You're welcome - maybe we've got it this time. ;-)
-Eric
Eric Sisler
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Westminster Public Library
Westminster, CO, USA
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