Boot FS check really slow, w/ one "gray" disk

mdgm wrote:
You could try cloning a disk using dd_rescue but it may be too late. Your data may be gone.

Ya, that's my bet. but cloning's worth a shot. The vast majority of the stuff is backed up & replaceable. But I'd say the jpegs from the last two years are pretty much the target of what I'd be interested in recovering.

When I had finished all the drive testing, earlier, my results seemed odd. The disks that I initially assumed to be the culprit--namely the blinking disk (disk 2), and the grayed out disk (disk 3) passed. It was disk 1 & 4 that failed SeaTools, & Lifeguard. Definitely should have been checking in on RAIDar more often.

Well...this'll be slow & expensive, but hey...I've nothing better to blow bonus money on.