Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 09:18:57 -0500 From: Tom Grove <freebsd@voidmain.net> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Snap Server filesystem? Message-ID: <45742E51.5040001@voidmain.net> In-Reply-To: <4566656B.60907@centtech.com> References: <279761.58126.qm@web58811.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <4566656B.60907@centtech.com>
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Eric Anderson wrote: > On 11/22/06 23:37, David Horis wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> Note: This was originally posted to the freebsd-questions list... >> >> A Snap Server 1100 just died on me... (Single drive, FreeBSD-based, I >> think...) >> >> I think it's not HD related as I can't even get into to the >> hardware/bios reset mode. >> >> I called adaptec, but they were of no help.... No even to tell me >> what kind of filesystem is on the drive. They said that since it's an >> old product, my only choice is to send the device to an authorized >> data recovery firm... ~ 4k USD >> >> Have you folks ever heard of anyone opening one of these things up >> and mounting the drive on a regular PC? >> >> Since the drive probably has some coruption, due to the MB/OS crash, >> how would I go about fixing those before I mount the drive and try to >> copy off the files? >> >> I've tried accessing the drive via Knoppix and the GpartEd LiveCD... >> both see the disk, but report it to empty of partitions. >> >> I am unfamiliar with *nix, and am unsure what to try next. If >> someone could provide guidance on this, it would be greatly >> appreciated. :) > > > I don't know for sure, but I believe they use linux in those boxes. > The first part of the drive is the OS, and then the remaining is used > as the data partition. You can use testdisk to try to get the > partitions back, and it will automatically figure out what goes where > for you. > > Eric > > > > That particular model does use FreeBSD. Linux based systems seem to have issues trying to read UFS filesystems so, you may want to try a FreesBIE disk. You may have better luck mounting the drive. -Tom
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