on 10/15/2007 11:49 AM John R Pierce spake the following: > Peter Kjellstrom wrote: >> On Monday 15 October 2007, Dan Carl wrote: >> ... >> >>> But with errors >>> In dmesg have this: >>> sda: Mode Sense: bf 00 00 08 >>> SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back >>> sda: unknown partition table >>> sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda >>> >> >> Those are not errors. But it doesn't seem to have a partition table >> (see below) >> >> >>> I have no experience with the Smart Array Controller, just what I >>> read the >>> past couple of days. >>> Here's how it was mounted on the HP server >>> /dev/cciss/c0d1 /stor02 ext3 defaults 1 1 >>> >> >> Ah, they put the ext3 directly on the device. Consistent with the >> above data. >> >> >>> Is there a way I can get the data off the array with my Centos server? >>> Any help/suggestions/tips would be greatly appreciated, I've hit a brick >>> wall. >>> >> >> Try "mount -oro /dev/sda /mnt/tmp" (or whatever) or just see if >> there's a superblock there with "tune2fs -l /dev/sda". >> > > he has a hardware raid set of drives originally from a HP/Compaq > SmartArray controller, now connected to a simple non-raid scsi > controller. sorry, thats not gonna play no way no how. No.. He said he had a sata to scsi raid array in a box that connects multiple sata drives to a single scsi port. Looks like a single drive to the connected system. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!