From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 2 22:38:39 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70C89106566C for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:38:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from DStaal@usa.net) Received: from mail.magehandbook.com (173-8-4-45-WashingtonDC.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.8.4.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 114FA8FC24 for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 22:38:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.50] (Mac-Pro.magehandbook.com [192.168.1.50]) by mail.magehandbook.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B18FF9D for ; Mon, 2 Jan 2012 17:38:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:37:56 -0500 From: Daniel Staal To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <9C50D7032AAA3D7A1D39E45A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <4F022C5F.9040208@mykitchentable.net> References: <4EFF816B.60705@mykitchentable.net> <09FA5A77FFE5778565074B7A@mac-pro.magehandbook.com> <4F022C5F.9040208@mykitchentable.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Help Recovering FBSD 8 ZFS System X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: FreeBSD Questions List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:38:39 -0000 --As of January 2, 2012 2:14:55 PM -0800, Drew Tomlinson is alleged to have said: > Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. However in this case, the controller is > a SATA that's integrated into the motherboard. Since two of 4 are > working, that would mean the controller is OK, right? I guess I could > swap SATA cables for a test. --As for the rest, it is mine. Actually, typically one controller only runs two drives, IIRC. So you could have one bad controller out of two. If swapping cables helps, you may want to try getting a SATA card or something similar. (If swapping cables means you can see the other two drives, a SATA card should mean you'll get all your data back.) Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. ---------------------------------------------------------------