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Mount and copy files from 3TB drive - RN102
Water got onto my nas from the floor above, not submerged, and it won't boot with the disks in it. So, I'm trying to learn how to mount one of the RAID1 drives from another machine and copy my data o...
gl01824 wrote:
I had tried using gdisk commands on the first of the two drives using the old SATA connector and I think I messed it up. Even with the new connector, is shows one large unallocated partition.
Yes, it looks like you accidentally repartitioned that.
gl01824 wrote:
I did install mdadm and btrfs, and have read a little on them, but didn't want to move forward without posting here first. I'm hoping I can mount /dev/sdb3 and copy everything off to another a 4TB USB drive,
Start by creating a mount point for the volume
cd // mkdir dataThen assemble the RAID group and mount it
mdadm --assemble /dev/md127 /dev/sdb3 mount /dev/md127 /data
gl01824 wrote:
buy/ build another NAS.
Netgear has clearly exited the business, so if you buy another one, you'll either need to get a used ReadyNAS or get something new from another vendor. Something new is probably the better path for you (or of course build something).
Using the new SATA-to-USB connector, I am seeing partitions on the second of two drives.
I did install mdadm and btrfs, and have read a little on them, but didn't want to move forward without posting here first. I'm hoping I can mount /dev/sdb3 and copy everything off to another a 4TB USB drive, and then buy/ build another NAS.
I had tried using gdisk commands on the first of the two drives using the old SATA connector and I think I messed it up. Even with the new connector, is shows one large unallocated partition.
gl01824 wrote:
I had tried using gdisk commands on the first of the two drives using the old SATA connector and I think I messed it up. Even with the new connector, is shows one large unallocated partition.
Yes, it looks like you accidentally repartitioned that.
gl01824 wrote:
I did install mdadm and btrfs, and have read a little on them, but didn't want to move forward without posting here first. I'm hoping I can mount /dev/sdb3 and copy everything off to another a 4TB USB drive,
Start by creating a mount point for the volume
cd //
mkdir data
Then assemble the RAID group and mount it
mdadm --assemble /dev/md127 /dev/sdb3
mount /dev/md127 /data
gl01824 wrote:
buy/ build another NAS.
Netgear has clearly exited the business, so if you buy another one, you'll either need to get a used ReadyNAS or get something new from another vendor. Something new is probably the better path for you (or of course build something).
Thank you StephenB - I was able to get connected to the 2.7 TB partition and copied everything off to another USB drive. I had to play around with the commands a bit, trying them on one of the smaller partitions so as not to break the one where the data was. I ended up needing to "stop" the device and then auto-mount it and the drive popped up on my machine.
Something along these lines:
sudo mdadm --stop /dev/md125 /dev/md126
sudo mdadm -A -s
cd /media/geoff/0e355ad6\:data/Ubuntu showed two new USB devices, so I changed into the data drive, connected my new USB drive, and started rsyncing.
Any recommendations on a NAS for just data and maybe as a media player?
Thanks,
Geoff
I'm glad you were able to offload the data
gl01824 wrote:
Any recommendations on a NAS for just data and maybe as a media player?
I only own ReadyNAS, so can't really recommend anything
If I were looking now, I'd consider
- Asusstor
- QNAP
- Synology
(just in alphabetical order). But this is just a starting point, not a recommendation.
Since I have an always-on desktop that I use for Plex, I'd also consider just adding big enough HDDs to hold all my data (it has two 3.5 SATA slots). Then just use a NAS as part of my backup plan.
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