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On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 09:45 +0100, Paul Weaver wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 08:05:22AM +0100, Matthew Cremore wrote:
> > (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=544444&postcount=26)
> > about using dmraid to switch the RAID off but every time I enter the
> > dmraid command I get "command not found". Dmraid is installed, I've
> > checked (I can read the dmraid man pages).
>
> Never heard of it, but dmraid sounds like a root only program, it will
> live in /usr/sbin or similar. Are you running after logging in as root
> ('su -', the dash is important as it will load root's environment).
>
> You could also try "locate dmraid" and look for any likely candidates
>
Thanks for that Paul, I didn't know about the dash.
I knocked the RAID off and no longer get the "not a valid block device"
message. I could then mount the drive but for some reason the folder I
want to access, although showing up, sends my computer into sulk mode
when I click on it (I can access other files on it OK). The particular
folder seems to come up as r-x only and others are rwx. I don't know
why this is as I've mounted it rw. The folder in question is the "My
Music" folder in windows that I shifted some time ago to a FAT32
partition so that both OSes could use it, would this have anything to do
with it?
Probably related to the above - I think my HDD has some dodgy sectors on
it. Windows no longer boots (no biggie I know), but I would like to
access some bits of it to back up stuff.
Anyone know of a good HDD checker that I can run across the complete
physical disk without destroying any data already on it?
Thanks again,
Matt.
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