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Turns out there was an error with the disk filesystem. Ran a repair function and this sorted me out.

thanks dgaschk filesystem fix sorted me out

Thanks. Reposted. Sorry, but who do you mean by the add-on author?

Hi to all the gurus I'm having the same problem described in this thread http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=20017.0 "I'm trying to delete a few files from my unraid server from my windows PC. I'm unable to delete anything as i keep getting error from the subject line." I'm running 4.7 and don't know how to create new permissions. I can access the array through telnet, and get into mc, but get a bit lost after that. Any help is much appreciated. syslog.txt

now with syslog syslog.txt

Hi to all the gurus I'm having the same problem described in this thread http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=20017.0 "I'm trying to delete a few files from my unraid server from my windows PC. I'm unable to delete anything as i keep getting error from the subject line." I'm running 4.7 and don't know how to create new permissions. I can access the array through telnet, and get into mc, but get a bit lost after that. Any help is much appreciated.

Just tried restarting my array.... Can't rebuild parity, can't really do anything. If I replace both disk 2 and disk 5, should this problem be fixed? syslog_120502.txt

No - I have everything backed up on another server. I think I might take the cowards way out and just start from scratch. Oh well. Next time gadget.

Thanks mbryanr So I'm assuming I need to replace disk5 with a new one? Or is there some way I can repair it?

Hi guys, Thanks again for the feedback. Unfortunately sde is disk 5 so I think I've got a problem SMART report and syslog attached. smart_D5.txt smart_parity.txt syslog_120430.txt

Thanks for the info guys. I ran SMART tests on the original red-balled disk2, and it said everything was fine, so I pre-cleared the disk and then went to the browser management screen. But it still says that the disk is red-balled, even though it's been successfully tested and pre-cleared? I click start and it said all the disks were Mounting, but as soon as I clicked refresh it was back at the same screen saying "Start will bring the array on-line (array will be unprotected)." So I'm still confuzzled. PS - Thanks for the info on how to do a syslog. syslog.txt

Thanks guys! I'm not sweating bullets as I fortunately backed up everything from disk 2 onto another unRAID server about 3 weeks ago and there is no critical data that will be lost if disk 2 disappears. Yes - I'm that paranoid about data loss, I actually have a backup server in case my redundancy fails. If I can get away with starting the array and creating a new parity disk and then copying disk 2 back onto the tower from my other unRAID server, then that's fine with me. But I am worried that there might be an inherent instability in my main tower that I should be cautious of in case something like this were to happen again. I'm trying to educate myself about how to get a syslog and think that unMenu could be my best option. But installing that is even testing me at the moment... You guys say I should talk to Limetech. Do they check these boards? or is there another channel I should contact them on? Thanks again!

Disk 2 in my array red-balled, so I shut down and replaced it with a spare 2TB HDD I had lying around. When I booted up, it showed a blue ball next to disk 2 and says "disabled disk replaced" and "Start will bring the array on-line, start Data-Rebuild, and then expand the file system (if possible)." I click the check box saying "I'm sure I want to do this and it looks like the drives are Mounting, but instead of rebuilding the data onto the new disk, it then tells me that a "New parity disk installed." and clicking "Start will bring the array on-line and start Parity-Sync." Disk 2 is now red-balled. My concern is that it's exactly the same parity disk I've had all along. There's been no change to cabling or anything else. I'm worried that if I click start, I'll actually lose all the data on disk 2. If I fire up my tower with disk 2 disconnected, it says configuration valid and says disk 2 is "not installed". There's the option to click start however "Start will bring the array on-line (array will be unprotected)." When I click start, it looks like the drives are mounting, but then stops and goes back to the exact same screen. I was just going to try replacing disk 2 with a brand new drive, and do the rebuild again, but if anyone knows what's going on or whether it would be safe to click Start on this second stage without losing any data, I'd really appreciate an explanation or some help. Sorry for being a n00b, but I don't know how to post a syslog. I do know that I'm running version 4.5.4 though. Thanks in advance, Mike PS - I've done a quick search and found 1 or 2 threads that seemed similar, but I couldn't really follow what the solution was. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=15770.msg147005#msg147005 http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=15088.0