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Download. Here we go again... The first main change in the 4.3 release is an upgrade to the linux 2.6.24.3 kernel. This kernel includes numerous driver updates and bug fixes. Hopefully the Realtec driver issues are behind us now. Another notable feature of this kernel is SATA Port Multipler support. This works with SIL313x host cards talking to SIL-based port multipliers. Finally, unRAID OS now supports up to 4GB main system RAM (though still only single-core). The next main change in the 4.3 release is an almost total re-write of the User Share pseudo-file system [this is what delayed this release by a few days]. It is now possible to create objects (files & directories) directly on disk shares and have them immediately show up in the corresponding user share. The new user share file system is now much more memory efficient, and it should be possible to use very high 'split-level's if that's what you want to do. We also added the vsftpd FTP server. In this release, there are no user controls for this yet - it's just pre-configured to allow any defined user to log in & that user will have full access to all shares, both disk shares and user shares. Configuration controls in the System Management Utility will be added in a subsequent beta release. unRAID Server 4.3-beta1 Release Notes Upgrade Instructions (Please Read Carefully) -------------------------------------------- If you are currently running unRAID Server 4.2-beta1 or higher (including 4.2.x 'final'), please copy the following files from the new release to the root of your Flash device: bzimage bzroot If you are currently running unRAID server 4.0 or 4.1, please copy the following files from the new release to the root of your Flash device: bzimage bzroot syslinux.cfg menu.c32 memtest This can be done either by plugging the Flash into your PC or, by copying the files to the 'flash' share on your running server. The server must then be rebooted. If you are currently running unRAID Server 3.0-beta1 or higher, please follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Referring to the System Management Utility 'Main' page, make a note of each disks's model/serial number; you will need this information later. 2. Shut down your server, remove the Flash and plug it into your PC. 3. Right-click your Flash device listed under My Computer and select Properties. Make sure the volume label is set to "UNRAID" (without the quotes) and click OK. You do NOT need to format the Flash. 4. Copy the files from the new release to the root of your Flash device. 5. Right-click your Flash device listed under My Computer and select Eject. Remove the Flash, install in your server and power-up. 6. After your server has booted up, the System Management Utility 'Main' page will probably show no devices; this is OK, navigate to the 'Devices' page. Using the model/serial number information gathered in step 1, assign each of your hard drives to the correct disk slot. 7. Go back to the 'Main' page and your devices should appear correctly. You may now Start the array. If you are installing this release to a new Flash, please refer to instructions on our website at: http://www.lime-technology.com/wordpress/?page_id=19 Changes from 4.2.3 to 4.3-beta1 ------------------------------- Improvement: With user shares enabled, directories/files created directly in a disk share will show up immediately in the correct user share. Improvement: Included 'vsftpd' server. Improvement: Upgrade to linux kernel 2.6.24.3. Improvement: Enable kernel support of up to 4GB of memory.

1) First, drive temps should be taken with "grain of salt" because it might not be all that accurate, and the temp sensor location varies among drive manufacturers. That said, your temperatures are probably ok below mid-50's. Just keep monitoring once in a while & if they seem to be increasing might be time to blow out the dust. 2) PATA are just fine for unRAID use. Given a choice, probably better to have a SATA parity drive. But the "raw" speed of your average 7200 rpm PATA drive is exactly the same as your average 7200 rpm SATA drive.

The next unRAID release, 4.3-beta1, is based on linux 2.6.24.3 kernel. I can also say that port multiplier support works well using SIL3132 based controller. PM support is going to be ideal for unRAID, especially when Intel releases ICH10 chipset which is supposed to support FIS-based switching.

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On the SMU Shares page, you can change the Share name of 'movies' to 'video' (and click Apply). Now when you refresh My Network Places, you should see 'moves' disappear, and 'video' appear. See note below. Now drag all the files from 'tv' to 'movies'. Finally, on the SMU Shares page, change the name of 'tv' to blank (ie, backspace over the name) and click Apply. This will delete the 'tv' user share, provided it's empty. If it doesn't delete, and you think you've moved all the files, check for hidden/system files (sneaky devils). NOTE: you need 4.2.3 or later to do this because of a bug in user share renaming

Did you set the Flash volume label to UNRAID ?

Download. This is a "patch" release of the 4.2 series. This release fixes two bugs: - fixes 'parity-swap' feature, and - fixes a User Share file rename problem. I decided to release this patch because the next release will be 4.3-beta1, which will be the first of a set of beta releases with many other changes & there are many customers who (understandably) do not want to use a beta release. Hence, I feel this bug fix warrants a patch release. "What happened to 4.2.2?" you might ask... well it contained just the 'parity-swap' fix and was only made available to a few customers. "How about 4.3-beta1?" you might ask... this should also be released this week. The -beta1 release will contain the latest linux kernel (2.6.24.3) and latest drivers. Hopefully this will fix the Realtec driver issues. Hopefully we'll get the latest Samba release in there as well. The -beta2 release will start to see some new features implemented. unRAID Server 4.2.3 Release Notes Upgrade Instructions (Please Read Carefully) -------------------------------------------- If you are currently running unRAID Server 4.2-beta1 or higher (including 4.2 'final'), please copy the following files from the new release to the root of your Flash device: bzimage bzroot If you are currently running unRAID server 4.0 or 4.1, please copy the following files from the new release to the root of your Flash device: bzimage bzroot syslinux.cfg menu.c32 memtest This can be done either by plugging the Flash into your PC or, by copying the files to the 'flash' share on your running server. The server must then be rebooted. If you are currently running unRAID Server 3.0-beta1 or higher, please follow these steps to upgrade: 1. Referring to the System Management Utility 'Main' page, make a note of each disks's model/serial number; you will need this information later. 2. Shut down your server, remove the Flash and plug it into your PC. 3. Right-click your Flash device listed under My Computer and select Properties. Make sure the volume label is set to "UNRAID" (without the quotes) and click OK. You do NOT need to format the Flash. 4. Copy the files from the new release to the root of your Flash device. 5. Right-click your Flash device listed under My Computer and select Eject. Remove the Flash, install in your server and power-up. 6. After your server has booted up, the System Management Utility 'Main' page will probably show no devices; this is OK, navigate to the 'Devices' page. Using the model/serial number information gathered in step 1, assign each of your hard drives to the correct disk slot. 7. Go back to the 'Main' page and your devices should appear correctly. You may now Start the array. If you are installing this release to a new Flash, please refer to instructions on our website at: http://www.lime-technology.com/wordpress/?page_id=19 Changes from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 --------------------------- Bug Fix: fixed directory rename problem with user shares Bug Fix: get rid of auth & comsat services from inetd.conf. Changes from 4.2.1 to 4.2.2 --------------------------- Improvement: include /usr/src/linux/.config file used to build the kernel. Improvement: include ULi SATA support Bug Fix: fixed problem with "swap-disable" configuration not being recognized.

FWIW I always use spaces. In the linux 'bash' command shell, you can 'escape' a space using the backslash character, e.g., ls /mnt/user/Video/Hawaii\ 2007 will list the contents of the "Hawaii 2007" directory.

They also typically don't support a drive activity LED except via extra jumper wire, if that's important to you.

Overall quality is as important as overall power. Many PSU power ratings are far more "generous" than what is actually measured. Also cheap power supplies may have enough 'noise' or spikes on the power lines to cause intermittent failures such as DMA errors, lost interrupts, etc. For a server use only a high-quality PSU with single +12V rail.

Take care lowering pdflush priority - could cause deadlocks.

Very nice explanation Brian.

Not quite... what you are describing is a parity sync error & these can show up only when running a Check operation. The error in aaron330i's syslog is a media read error on the parity hard drive (md0 refers to the parity disk). Good advise! Also, run a parity check from time to time.

What is the "lfs" option?

Rather than put the 'rescan' button back, what we're doing is arranging things so that any object created in a 'disk' share, ie, disk1, disk2, etc., will immediately also show up in the proper user share hierarchy, provided user shares are enabled. So you could use the disk shares to explicitly create files where you want them, and perhaps put the user shares in read-only mode.

Kevin, did you ever sort this out? I don't believe I received any email from you.

One thing I really like about Seagate is their super-easy RMA process (at least for U.S. customers). You just fill out an on-line RMA form, send the drives back, and they send you new ones.

mike - there's lots of documentation on our website as well as on the forums that talk about this. What we did was take write our own 'unraid' driver and integrated it with modified 'md' subsystem as it existed on the 2.4 kernel. So essentially unraid 'replaces' the linux md subsystem.

For 6 drives, should work!

Is the JMicron set to AHCI mode in the bios?

That board uses a ULi chipset. Though linux does support this, we didn't include it in the current unRAID OS kernel It will be included in the next release.

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It appears someone fixed it - I don't see the spam. Whoever did, THANKS!

We use the Silverstone FP33-B. If the server is within ear-shot of anyone, the controller is highly effective at reducing the fan noise from the 5-in-3 drive cages; though you still wouldn't want it in your theater room. You'll need a couple 12" fan power extensions as well.

For most hard drives, the highest current draw is on +12V, especially at start up. When the +12V capacity is split among multiple rails, it's possible that you could exceed the current draw on one rail which happens to be connected to multiple hard drives. Take a look at Power Supply Myths posted on PC Power & Cooling website. Here's the relevant text: