From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 23:22:48 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93AA037B401 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 23:22:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wantadilla.lemis.com (wantadilla.lemis.com [192.109.197.80]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1037843F75 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 23:22:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: by wantadilla.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 139DE527A9; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:52:42 +0930 (CST) Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 15:52:42 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: keith@smmc.qld.edu.au Message-ID: <20030531062242.GI56538@wantadilla.lemis.com> References: <1328.203.220.203.26.1054352389.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1328.203.220.203.26.1054352389.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Organization: The FreeBSD Project Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-418-838-708 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help..can I use DUMP? my drive is dying - VINUM ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 06:22:48 -0000 --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Saturday, 31 May 2003 at 13:39:49 +1000, keith@smmc.qld.edu.au wrote: > I have a one and only drive dying on a server (OK - to use vinum is to > be smarter than I am). Anyways I have unsuccessfully tried to image the > drive using some util that is recommended (?) Can I dump the slices to a > remote machine, install 2 new drives follow the tute to bootstrap vinum > then restore the remote saved slices to the various slice/partitions? > In a bind(4) here! anyone clue me in please? That depends on what's wrong with your disk and why your first "some util" attempt failed. Vinum isn't a disk recovery tool, nor is it particularly for that purpose, so there's no particular reason to assume it will work better than your "some util". Of course, if you give some details, somebody may be able to help you. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+2EoxIubykFB6QiMRAjsYAJ4hXjg7P02A9mXw9z0aWWCYp7p/tQCfRN3H OZva2mKz245xoV9TF3Ik0vI= =EUMJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k9xkV0rc9XGsukaG--