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Date:      Mon, 1 Nov 2004 04:28:50 +0100
From:      Joan Picanyol <lists-freebsd-hackers@biaix.org>
To:        "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@kukulies.org>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mdconfig - need some help
Message-ID:  <20041101032850.GB96908@grummit.biaix.org>
In-Reply-To: <20041031214057.GA51676@kukulies.org>
References:  <20041031214057.GA51676@kukulies.org>

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* Christoph P. Kukulies <kuku@kukulies.org> [20041031 22:38]:
> # fsck /dev/md2
> fsck: Could not determine filesystem type

I've seen this if /dev/md2 is not in /etc/fstab

> # fsck -t ffs /dev/md2
> ** /dev/md2
> Cannot find file system superblock
> ioctl (GCINFO): Inappropriate ioctl for device
> fsck_ffs: /dev/md2: can't read disk label

Apparently, fsck needs a disklabel. 

I /again/ suggest using src/tools/tools/recoverdisk and try to get as
much as possible from your disk; let it run a couple times to diferent
files. Start from there again.

good luck
-- 
pica



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