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nv+ 4.1.8 usb boot for a faulty drive
i have rnv-s2-0000 nv+ v1 (sparc) x-raid currently it gets stuck in the "booting..." sequence (with 4 drivers) i am trying drives one by one in slot 1, and so far only 1 hdd (previously in sl...
thank you - i understand. so i could also copy the working OS partition from working disk 3 onto disk 4, right?
The OS partition is set up as a RAID-1 LVM volume (mirrored on all disks), so you can't just copy stuff - it's more complicated than that.
If this only about the OS partition, It'd be sufficient to put disk 3 in slot one, as the system normally boots from slot one. Then put the other disks in the remaining slots. But I don't think it is likely to be just the OS partition.
Note the data volume is normally RAID-4 (though Netgear called it RAID-5). The NV+ v1 used hardware acceleration to compute the parity, and all the parity blocks are on one disk. Usually that is disk 4, though the disks might have been shuffled somewhere along the way. The partity disk is partitioned differently from the others (though the OS partition is the same). R-Studio can recover the data, but I don't know for sure whether it can use the parity disk or not. R-Studio support might be able to tell you.
How important is this data? Using a paid recovery service is another option.
thank you for the details. it makes sense. the data has some old photos and documents, probably worth a few hours of my time, and a few hours more to learn how this works. but there are no crypto wallets worth billions on it though.
it seems like i could pay for r-studio, copy the drivers over to local images and then try to recreate the software raid volume, but it is unclear whether the hardware-accelerated parity will be an issue. please correct me if i misunderstood your comment.
it seems like i could pay for r-studio, copy the drivers over to local images and then try to recreate the software raid volume,
R-Studio would let you off-load data. It wouldn't repair the volume (or change anything on the disks).
I believe you can download it first, and see if it finds your files. Then you could decide to purchase.
but it is unclear whether the hardware-accelerated parity will be an issue. please correct me if i misunderstood your comment.
Correct.
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