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  1. so I installed Ubuntu on a VirtualBox VM on my Mac. Dug out my old IDE/SATA - USB2 adapter, pulled the 3 data drives from the server and plugged one in. Worked great on the first disk (1.5 TB Seagate SATA drive). The other two disks don't show up in Linux when I follow the same process. Both are 3 TB Seagate drives. Is it maybe related to the drive size? maybe my adapter doesn't work with the larger drives or something? the adapter is a Vance CB-ISATAU2 - claims that it supports "LBA-48 Addressing" The drive spins up and I can see it in Disk Utility on the Mac (no volumes, just the device). When I select the adapter in VirtualBox to connect it to the VM, the device disappears from Disk Utility but does not show up in Ubuntu. When I do the same thing with the 1.5 TB disk it shows up fine with no additional steps required.
  2. My unraid server won't boot. It (was) a very old and slow AMD box with a bunch of random old SATA drives in it. I've basically narrowed it to a hardware issue with the motherboard. I don't necessarily need the Unraid server any more. My main goal at this point would be to recover the data that was on the server. I'm just not sure of the best way to proceed. Is there a way to get the data from the disks directly by attaching them to another machine? Or must I rebuild a new UNRAID server so that I can re-attach the array? If I need to build a new server I would need to do some significant upgrades - the hardware is so old that I'd need to replace the RAM and CPU as well. Would probably end up just building a new machine inside the old case. I still have the flash drive with my config and setup on it. I think I was last running version 6.5.2 (based on reference I found in the changes.txt file on my flash drive). what should I do? any advice appreciated.
  3. Reallocated sectors are not a problem per se! Just not to scare the OP. True. But the more you have the more likely you have impending problems with the disk. And increasing reallocations are also a bad sign. But the other SMART attributes of all those disks are fine. baldnomad Do you have Notifications setup? Very important! Yes, I have notifications turned on, I think. At least I get notifications sometimes, so I assume they are set up correctly. Why are they important in this context, because of notifications about disk errors?
  4. yes disk1 is the one flagging as failed.
  5. I noticed in the UnRAID 6 documentation a section explaining "swap-disable", which seems like what I need for my situation. But I couldn't find this section in the UnRAID 6.2 documentation. Is swap-disable still supported? Does it work the same way as documented in the older docs? My situation: My array including parity is three 1.5 TB drives that are several years old. One data disk is showing disabled. I suspect it's dead (been making unusual noises for a couple of weeks, waiting for a SMART self-test to finish now). Assuming it requires replacement, I would like to take this opportunity to start upgrading the size of my drives. One reason is that to replace this drive with another 1.5 TB drive is now relatively expensive, compared with newer drives that are double or larger the capacity. My understanding is that swap-disable will allow me to buy a larger drive, use it as the new parity, and use the existing parity as the "new" data disk. Somehow UnRAID recognizes this scenario, and rebuilds or copies the parity to the new parity disk, and then rebuilds the data on the "new" data disk (former parity). it looks like it will "just work" but I wanted to be sure before I move forward. I attached my diagnostics zip file in case it offers any clues. TIA for any help (or reassurances!) vault-diagnostics-20161207-1822.zip
  6. My UNRAID 5.0 rc8a installation was working well when I decided to upgrade to the latest. I misinterpreted the upgrade instructions (failed to comprehend that rc8a counts as a release prior to 5.0.x) and and now I am not sure how to proceed. Basically I followed the instructions for someone who was already at 5.0.x, and I took what seemed like the more straightforward path: 1. I did NOT backup my entire flash drive before starting. I know, dumb. 2. I DID backup my config folder from the flash drive (not entirely dumb) 3. I formatted my flash drive using my Mac per the new install instructions and ran the make_bootable_mac script. 4. I copied my config folder to the flash drive, replacing the existing folder. I tried to start the box and it hung during boot (got as far as booting the UNRAID OS, then hung during this process). At this point I realized that I did not follow the Wiki upgrade instructions correctly. My question is: what should I do now? Would it be easier to try to recreate my old flash drive and start over? I still have the 5.0rc8a zip file - can I just reformat my flash, copy all this over, and then copy over the config folder from my backup? A bit afraid to just go off trying things at this point for fear of losing content on my array... any help appreciated!
  7. I'm in Arizona, which is relevant to this post for two reasons: 1. Arizona also does not adjust for Daylight Saving Time. 2. I saw the same thing when I configured unRAID - I set my time zone to Arizona (UTC-7) and then when I entered the current time it "reset" itself 1 hour forward immediately. I was forced to enter a time of one hour earlier than the actual time to correct for this "Adjustment" made by the software. I'm guessing that I'll have to do this little trick again but in reverse whenever everyone else changes the clocks again... Does the software know that certain time zones do not adjust for DST? Others adjust on different dates and/or times of day.