OK, after rebooting Mint 13, my RAID 5 data array will not come up. mdadm --examine reveals this for each drive in the array:
I know I can zero the superblock on each drive, but can I recreate the RAID 5 and preserve the data? 12TB is a lot to lose. Any help will be gratefully accepted.
Code:
/dev/sdj:
Magic : a92b4efc
Version : 0.90.00
UUID : 00000000:00000000:00000000:00000000
Creation Time : Fri Aug 3 17:26:45 2012
Raid Level : -unknown-
Raid Devices : 0
Total Devices : 6
Preferred Minor : 126
Update Time : Fri Aug 3 17:27:53 2012
State : active
Active Devices : 0
Working Devices : 6
Failed Devices : 0
Spare Devices : 6
Checksum : bdc44d28 - correct
Events : 1
Number Major Minor RaidDevice State
this 5 8 128 5 spare /dev/sdi
0 0 8 96 0 spare /dev/sdg
1 1 8 160 1 spare /dev/sdk
2 2 8 144 2 spare /dev/sdj
3 3 8 112 3 spare /dev/sdh
4 4 8 80 4 spare /dev/sdf
5 5 8 128 5 spare /dev/sdi
I know I can zero the superblock on each drive, but can I recreate the RAID 5 and preserve the data? 12TB is a lot to lose. Any help will be gratefully accepted.
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