[mythtv-users] Recovering dead database + new RAID advice

Dave Cunningham ml at upsilon.org.uk
Thu Jun 28 19:54:39 UTC 2012


> Around about 28/06/12 15:37, David Cunningham typed ...
>> I can no longer boot off the disk due to the DMA errors but thus far I
>> have been able to mount it in another system and pull data off.
>
>    My first attempt would be to 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' or wherever you
> have
> mounted the root drive (I'd've booted off a recovery DVD in the in
> original
> box;  RedHat-based systems put your whole FS in /mnt/sysimage, dunno much
> about Debian).
>

Thanks,

I've now managed to get a backup of the database.

I've been googling a bit and it looks like either ext4 or xfs for raid.
Just waiting for the drives in the post and then I guess I can have a play
around with each and see which works out better in my system

-- 
Cheers,
David



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