[j-nsp] Partition/Format new HD

[Brendan Mannella]

I am actually ok now, thanks to Kevin Oberman from Energy Sciences Network
(ESnet). I am working on documenting the events to post to the list, as I am
sure this will happen to someone else. And surprisingly I could not find one
place for the answer.


On 8/21/09 2:13 PM, "Nalkhande Tarique Abbas" <ntarique at juniper.net> wrote:

> 
> Brendan,
> 
> Your new hdd doesn't look to be in good shape, how about a quick health
> check?
> 
> A smartd,
> 
> root at RADIUM-RE0-Tarique% smartd -oX /dev/ad1
> Drive Command Successful, Extended Self test has begun
> Please wait 17 minutes for test to complete
> Use smartd -oA to abort test
> 
> Ensure alternate super block exists,
> 
> root at RADIUM-RE0-Tarique% newfs -N /dev/ad1s1a
> root at RADIUM-RE0-Tarique% newfs -N /dev/ad1s1e
> 
> Perform filechecks,
> 
> <run these several times>
> root at RADIUM-RE0-Tarique% fsck -f /dev/ad1s1a
> root at RADIUM-RE0-Tarique% fsck -f /dev/ad1s1e
> 
> {-f : Force fsck to check `clean' filesystems when preening}
> 
> If the above fails, we could preen.
> 
> root at RADIUM-RE0-Tarique% fsck -p /dev/ad1s1a
> root at RADIUM-RE0-Tarique% fsck -p /dev/ad1s1e
> 
> -p : Preen filesystems
> 
> Some of the corrective actions which are not correctable under the -p
> option can result in some loss of data.
> 
> 
> The above checks will determine our next step.
> 
> 
>  
> Thanks & Regards,
> Tarique A. Nalkhande
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Brendan
> Mannella
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 10:03 PM
> To: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [j-nsp] Partition/Format new HD
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I have been battling trying to replace a failed hard disk on my juniper
> m7i.
> I have finally got the disk to be recognized by the system. Now I need
> to
> put all the partitions back. The router successfully boots from the CF
> so I
> can run system commands.
> 
> I tried..
> 
> root at ibr1.pit> request system partition hard-disk
> mount: /dev/ad1s1e on /altconfig: incorrect super block
> ERROR: Can't access hard disk, aborting partition.
> 
> Am I missing a command first?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> BRendan
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