[kwlug-disc] Recovering a software raided machine.

[William Park]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:36:57AM -0400, Joe Wennechuk wrote:
> I have a machine that will not boot. I'm getting a message to insert
> boot media after post, and that's it.

This usually means that BIOS can't find boot loader.  So, boot in rescue
mode or from different boot partition, and reinstall boot loader (grub,
lilo).

> It has two drives in it, and I
> believe they were set up as a mirror using mdadm. Can I just take one
> or both of the drives out, and plug it in via USB converter? Is there
> anything I will have to do besides that?