Topic: RAID-1 Recovery (Broken EIDE0-DISK0).

[york]

Hello Everyone,

I tried to search for the keywords "raid recovery" but nothing that I can use, so here I am posting on the forum asking for help.

2 drives on my system, EIDE0-DISK0 & EIDE1-DISK0 (i.e. both disks are primary, one on the 1st EIDE and one on the 2nd EIDE controller).

The primary on the 1st controller dropped dead so I purchased an exact same model HDD to replace the broken one.

However on the RAID Recovery How-To it says I need to reboot the system but my system won't boot because EIDE0-DISK0 is a brand new disk!!

My question is: Now that I have a new drive installed on my system, what should I do next in order to rebuild the RAID?  (or at least to continue to follow the aforementioned How-To).  Thank you very much.

Regards,

York
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[cc_skavenger]

Can you choose what drive you boot from in the bios?

[york]

Hi, yes if I swap the box to use my "another" spare PC, but then again since the MoBo and just about everything else are different, I must do a fresh install then restore the data.  So I guess the answer is no then ...

I wonder, what you Linux/SME gurus normally do if your EIDE0-DISK0 failed under SME's software RAID?  Thanks.

Regards,

York
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[MSmith]

What happens if you switch the good drive over to EIDE-0?

[AaronG]

You should be able specify which is the boot volume in the BIOS

Change the boot order so that it boots from your secondary primary...

alternatively do as is suggested already and switch the second working disk into the first IDE port of your Motherboard and boot up

[york]

Hi,

> What happens if you switch the good drive over to EIDE-0?

Ha ha  ha ... simple answer to a stupid question.  

I will make sure I do not overlook simple logic like this one in the future.

My apologies, and thanks for your help.

York
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