We had a data recovery problem from a colleague which had a hard drive from some old storage array device.
In this endeavor, we took the challenge of using Ubuntu to mount and recover the data from the hard drive.
After physically mounting (yes we needed to turn off the machine and connect using IDE cable), we checked its format.
In this endeavor, we took the challenge of using Ubuntu to mount and recover the data from the hard drive.
After physically mounting (yes we needed to turn off the machine and connect using IDE cable), we checked its format.
root@ubuntu:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdb
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 121601 cylinders, total 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d3a8d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 4080509 2040254+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 4080510 1953525167 974722329 83 Linux
The main chunk of the data is located in the /dev/sdb2 partition. We then we tried mounting it.
root@ubuntu:~# mount /dev/sdb2 /opt/mnt/
mount: unknown filesystem type 'linux_raid_member'