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Thanks for the clarification. Just for the bump/clarification --does anyone know if it is possible to connect an Apple formatted USB drive directly to unraid?
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I do have a full gigabit system. I guess that I was under the impression that even USB 2.0 still out performed gigabit in real world (not theoretical) speeds. Good to know then and it may be a moot point then since my mac can obviously transfer to the unraid regardless of the USB drive's partition scheme.
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I have a large HD of 2 TB files that I want to bring over to unraid. The formatting of the drive is in Mac OS X Extended as NTFS is shaky and FAT32 doesn't support large enough file sizes for this situation. Can unraid read (not add to the array, just read) and copy data over from the USB (its USB 3.0) drive into the array? I tried to search already and either have terrible skills or only found this addressed with other partition applications.
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[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
Good you got it solved. Didn't know that board had an EFI BIOS. I am not an EFI expert, but my reading on it gives me the impression it is not a true EFI system, some sort of hybrid system. But yeah, happy it worked. -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
FIXED - so, unfortunately I didn't approach this scientifically... having said that.... I changed the "hybrid" EFI/BIOS to run exclusively as BIOS, and when I used my sd card with reader (on the MLB direct connections from the back of the tower) I was able to boot up properly and everything worked. I cannot tell if the "force BIOS only" mode was necessary. It SEEMS to be that the ability to format as FAT instead of FAT32 (only option for a Mac) was the difference here. So in summary. Check your EFI/BIOS hybrid settings, format as FAT not FAT32...and possibly: do it on a windows machine? Unless someone knows of a way to format as FAT in Mac OS X. -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
I didn't think you needed to do that if you use a Mac (being as it is a .bat file). But when I did the setup with Win 7, yes I did run the file. -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
Windows and Mac OS X have had no problems identifying the sd card/reader. However, I have not had luck having the BIOS of the UNRAID computer detect anything. When I get home from work today I will try out again with FAT formatted (instead of FAT32 from OS X), and done in Windows 7. Then I'll see how that goes. -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
That is interesting... in this case I am using a full sized card in a full sized slot. Some of these little kinks in the system should probably go to the Wiki article about USB Drive troubleshooting though. -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
It is a full size SD card. -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
I tried a different boot device. I had a 2GB USB flash drive, used a work computer with Win 7. BIOS instantly recognized it. Booting from it, I can select UNRAID or memtest. Then it loads bzimage, then bzroot... about 5 lines of ".........", then "Boot Failed: please change disks and press a key to continue". So, tomorrow I'm going to bring my usb reader and SD card and load UNRAID on it from there. Having said that, ideas why it fails the bootup process? -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
I am.... 'mediocre' with Linux. When I get home from work I will try this. What results would show (if that command works in Terminal) for bootable vs not bootable? -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
I will double check. For sure the partition is named specifically that, I wasn't aware you could rename the device. -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
It will probably list the USB drive as a hard-disk. Most BIOS do that when the size of the flash memory goes over 512Meg or 1Gig. Look under the list of hard disks. I don't see anything listed as a hard-disk either. Other ideas? -
[SOLVED] Problem booting with USB SD card
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in General Support (V5 and Older)
Just to add, since I forgot to mention this earlier. The SD card is formatted with MBR and FAT 32. And I have already verified it is named "UNRAID". -
I have a new setup using a Gigabyte 78LMT-S2P. I can't see any sign in the "BIOS" that it sees the USB SD card plugged into an SD card reader. I have tried using different USB ports. I am using a Mac to setup the SD card. The SD card is 4GB Kingston with a Kingston MobileLiteG2 as the reader. I am attempting to use 5.0b12, but I don't think that has anything to do it with since it appears to not even be getting to the contents of the card. Error message "Missing operating system" or sometimes it is just stuck at "Verifying VMI Data pool...". ---edit--- Added my discoveries below. FIXED - so, unfortunately I didn't approach this scientifically... having said that.... I changed the "hybrid" EFI/BIOS to run exclusively as BIOS, and when I used my sd card with reader (on the MLB direct connections from the back of the tower) I was able to boot up properly and everything worked. I cannot tell if the "force BIOS only" mode was necessary. It SEEMS to be that the ability to format as FAT instead of FAT32 (only option for a Mac) was the difference here. So in summary. Check your EFI/BIOS hybrid settings, format as FAT not FAT32...and possibly: do it on a windows machine? Unless someone knows of a way to format as FAT in Mac OS X.
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Did you get an A4 APU?
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ASRock A55M-HVS FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) HDMI
emorydively replied to GFOviedo's topic in Motherboards and CPUs
Dont the A APUs include video and CPU in one set? So... in a sense it does include video, right? -
Great work.
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AMD A75 mobos for A-series processors
emorydively replied to bubbaQ's topic in Motherboards and CPUs
Yeah, thats the same deal that I am eyeing. My goal is to get the whole build (minus hard drives) for 200$USD, so I'm trying my best to be frugal. -
AMD A75 mobos for A-series processors
emorydively replied to bubbaQ's topic in Motherboards and CPUs
For an unraid machine that will run AirVideo, is there a better performance/$ than the A4 series? The only other cheaper chip is a Sempron 145. Even the Athlons are more expensive. The graphics are overkill, but I can't think of a better solution. I'm nervous about a Sempron 145 running AirVideo, even with 4GB RAM. Looking at the hardware requirements on http://www.inmethod.com/forum/posts/list/1856.page I would say that something like an Athlon II X2-245e setup or similar would be perfect; they're cheap, dual core, low power, socket AM3 which is also cheap/readily available & supported. AFAIK now a lot of the FM1 stuff is already going EOL as well, AM3/AM3+ would also be a better choice if you're future proofing. http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-ii-x2/pages/amd-athlon-ii-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3921#sp (suitable motherboard or similar) That board is sporting a Realtek RTL8211CL, not sure if there are any issues with that NIC + unRAID though, worth double checking. Yeah, unfortunately, it appears one cannot purchase an Athlon II x2 e CPU anymore. The 45w is very appealing. The closest thing is a 240 or 250, and that is OEM about $55.00. Plus its 65w. That makes it more expensive than an A4 class APU. -
ASRock A55M-HVS FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) HDMI
emorydively replied to GFOviedo's topic in Motherboards and CPUs
Based on the RC2 thread, it appears that it will. -
AMD A75 mobos for A-series processors
emorydively replied to bubbaQ's topic in Motherboards and CPUs
For an unraid machine that will run AirVideo, is there a better performance/$ than the A4 series? The only other cheaper chip is a Sempron 145. Even the Athlons are more expensive. The graphics are overkill, but I can't think of a better solution. I'm nervous about a Sempron 145 running AirVideo, even with 4GB RAM. -
SIL3132 - Flashing BIOS Question
emorydively replied to emorydively's topic in Storage Devices and Controllers
Awesome. Thanks. -
Looking at SIL3132 from Monoprice. I run all Macs for desktops, my unraid box would be my only non-mac system. If I order a SIL3132, I see many of the cards require the BIOS to be flashed. Is this still true? the reviews go back several years so I'm not sure if the current shipping BIOS is more up-to-date. Am I able to flash the bios using an unraid box if necessary? Or other options?
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ASRock A55M-HVS FM1 AMD A55 (Hudson D2) HDMI
emorydively replied to GFOviedo's topic in Motherboards and CPUs
Will the NIC with this board have drivers and be supported in V5?