I was redirected from the SharePoint forum to post my question here. This seemed like the appropriate category.
We had a hard disk crash on a raid 5, and the sharepoint configuration database has been stuck in recovery mode since.
With a nifty SQL command i picked up on a blog i was able to get an ETA:
Recovery of database 'SharePoint_Config_ec709c55-44d3-4a82-ba5d-2a3c6e54d85c' (7) is 4% complete (approximately 6 seconds remain). Phase 1 of 3. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
But it has not moved an inch for the last 5 hours so i assume it is stuck.
I amble to put the database offline, I can't detach it however. I do have a backup of this database in the form of an .MDF and .LDF file.
What is the recommended way ro resolve this problem and restore the config database?