software raid-1

From: Gregg Nicholas (gnichola(REMOVE)_at_berriencounty.org)
Date: 09/01/04

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    Several months ago we installed RedHat 9 with software RAID level 1
    configured on all partitions using 2 IDE drives. It ran fine for several
    months. I'm a newbie to linux, so I probably made some mistakes. I'm
    hoping that someone here can help me recover.

    One morning, the redhat box seemed completely hung. The keyboard and mouse
    failed to work. Attempting to shutdown the GUI or switch to a text session
    had no effect. It responded to a ping, but everything else that I tested
    seemed to be inoperative. Finally hit the reset power button.

    When I tried to bring it up I discovered that drive(0) has failed.
    Unfortunately, I couldn't bring the server back up. Evidently, I didn't
    prepare grub for the loss of the first drive.

    I'm reluctant to take any chances of damaging my data that should still be
    on the working drive. Tried to use PowerQuest Drive Image 2002 to back up
    the working drive to my Novell server - or even backup to a spare drive.
    Can't seem to get Drive Image to work, even with the "Copy All Sectors"
    switch.

    How can I backup the working drive?
    How can I get the new drive configured to boot and re-mirror with the
    working drive?

    TIA,
    ....Gregg Nicholas

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