# Server didn't boot up after providing RAW device instead of file for data persistence **URL:** \ **Category:** Configuration\ **Created:** [March 25, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/server-didnt-boot-up-after-providing-raw-device-instead-of-file-for-data-persistence/1096 "2015-03-25T06:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rohitkochar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@rohitkochar](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/rohitkochar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/server-didnt-boot-up-after-providing-raw-device-instead-of-file-for-data-persistence/1096/1 "2015-03-25T06:30:07Z")
I am trying to setup a new aerospike cluster in which i have 2 namespaces say NS1 and NS2 backed by HDD. I provided same RAW devices for both the Namespaces and restarted my aerospike server but it didn’t start after that. Last log line that is present is “namespace NS1: found all 7 devices fresh, initializing to random 14497982631692184077” and thereafter there is no progress. Can somebody help me to bring up my aerospike setup? PS: One of the RAW device i provided was the one on which “/” was mounted to my unix filesytem also seems to have been screwed,is there a way to recover from it without reformatting?? ---
**Author:** ![kporter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.aerospike.com/kporter/32/515_2.png) [@kporter](https://discuss.aerospike.com/u/kporter)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.aerospike.com/t/server-didnt-boot-up-after-providing-raw-device-instead-of-file-for-data-persistence/1096/2 "2015-03-25T22:36:37Z")
Sorry to hear that, currently ASD does not check if a disk is mounted or not, and unfortunately there isn’t a way to recover the contents that were on that disk.