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Yes. update-rc.d is the command to add the service to autostart and change the the run levels. Usually you just do "sudo update-rc.d servicename defaults" here's the manpage http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man8/update-rc.d.8.html

I don't remember where I look or what command I ran to find my runlevel but it was 2. So I only changed rc2.d. There probably is a command switch to change that when you install the init defaults but I just manually did it. I just sftp to my vm and renamed the symlinks in rc2.d

With both. With cifs sometimes shares wouldn't mount. They always did by doing this. But with cifs it was more to wait for the network. I think with passthrough it times out if there's a delay waiting for a share to mount. For me this seems to work best by letting the vm boot then mounting shares and starting apps last.

With auto mount it will error during vm boot sometimes. Sometimes it would get stuck during boot saying press m or s or something like that. But when you manually mount with rc.local it always works.

Something that may be of interest too. Because I moved from xen vm to dockers to kvm vm I just left my paths from docker intact in each app. Then in the vm I mount /mnt from unraid to /mnt in vm. Then I symlinked say /mnt/user/movies to a symlink /movies same with/mnt/cache/downloads to /downloads etc. I put all my configs in /opt/appdata and created a symlink /configs

Does /mnt/media exist on unraid? The source dir has to be an existing path in unraid. I didn't add anything to syslinux.

With editing fstab (like I did above) a few of my apps (sickbeard) loaded before the shares were mounted. To fix this I created a crontab task that delayed the startup of sickbeard for 10 seconds after boot. Does the 9P sharing mount the shares before the apps are loaded in rc.local? The advantage is not using your virtual network especially for intensive operations like, par, rar, usnet and torrents. I had a problem with sickrage and nzbget. I renamed the init symlinks in /etc/rc2.d of my apps from 20 to 99 so they start last. Then changed rc.local from 99 to 98. Check this page it explains the different rc.x runlevels. You'll have to check which level your vm runs or just change them all, rc0.d, rc1.d...rc6.d http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/systems-management/8116-an-introduction-to-services-runlevels-and-rcd-scripts By doing this you could also make it so one app starts before the other.

Why didn't you tell us? For me kvm hasn't been as stable. I think it has to do with my motherboard/cpu. In Xen it was very stable as long as I didn't pin cores in sysconfig and xenvm.cfg. If I did it would eventually freeze the system. I've had kvm freeze in a similar way. Nothing in the console just frozen. Had to hard reboot. So far I've been up for several days no cachedirs and 2 vms with 2 cores and 2 GB. Some info earlier about p9 file system... I'm using this appliance for my VM:s http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=31623.msg311001#msg311001 I see you tried to tell me 2 months ago but I wasn't listening since I never liked arch I never read that thread.

Why didn't you tell us? For me kvm hasn't been as stable. I think it has to do with my motherboard/cpu. In Xen it was very stable as long as I didn't pin cores in sysconfig and xenvm.cfg. If I did it would eventually freeze the system. I've had kvm freeze in a similar way. Nothing in the console just frozen. Had to hard reboot. So far I've been up for several days no cachedirs and 2 vms with 2 cores and 2 GB.

Just thought I'd see if anyone else has tried this. It's similar to sharing in dockers. In my xml file under devices I put a line like this <filesystem type='mount' accessmode='passthrough'> <source dir='/mnt'/> <target dir='shares'/> </filesystem> and then within the vm in fstab shares /mnt 9p trans=virtio,version=9p2000.L,noauto,nobootwait,rw 0 0 I noauto because sometimes it errors out at vm startup. So I just put "mount /mnt" in /etc/rc.local I run this in an apps vm and I had to modify rc.local to start before the apps so unraid user shares are mounted before any apps. Been working well for a couple weeks with everything located in /mnt on unraid available in my apps vm under the same /mnt. No network problems, rocket rides or cifs mounting needed like in xen.

I agree. I'm just trying to find that sweet spot that I can keep the dust filter on. I'm using all green drives. House is 72-74F but server is in a closet that's open about mid level on a clear open shelf in the bedroom. So the ambient temp is probably a little higher. When I reboot again I'm gonna up them to 1100 or 1200 rpms. I'm not too concerned. It's just during parity checks/syncs. If all else fails I may modify the filter or just remove it.

Any problems so far? Cooling ok? I've been running my side fans @ 1000rpms with the filter on. During high load drives are 40-45C. I may up it one more notch next time I reboot. They are around 30C @ idle.

What version unraid you running and plan to run? hilljd00 and a few other are running this board I think http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C226D2I There's always the supremicro boards limetech uses in their servers. Usb and license will transfer fine just make a backup and screen shot of the main page with your drives. All newer versions of unraid will recognize your drives no matter what order they are in. I've swapped boards and cases a few times with the same array and usb.

Unless you pick xen or changed the syslinux.cfg the default is without xen. Either way it won't work with the new kernel.

I had similar problems with the webgui. I think I edited them manually or deleted virtualbox.cfg and reinstalled the plg. There is a new kernel for 6b6. So you'll have to wait for a new compile I believe. You could try 6b5. Also you can't start with xen.

I edited my previous post. Should have been 30C at idle

Some reviews and people have said the drive cages feel loose but to me once drives are in and snapped in they feel tight enough. With the stock fans and the filter on, during parity checks the drives will go to 50C depending on location. If you remove the filter it will help tremendously. I switched them out for Noctuas because my motherboard only supports PWM fans. For me, if the fans are set to auto my cpu/system doesn't get hot enought to spin the side fans fast enough to cool the drives. I set them to a specific value and they run at 800-900 rpms and my rear runs at 600 rpms with auto. Drives are close to or below 30C at idle. I also drilled out a bunch more holes in the drive cage and especially in the plastic gpu piece. As far as backplanes I don't know. I won't be poppin drives in and out all the time. Also I noticed some reviews complaining about cable management with a wad of cables shown between the motherboard and 2 side fans completely restricting air flow. For my setup, I wrapped the fan and case cables around the side fans, extra power cables fit above the backplane and power supply, sata cables fit behind the backplane and below the power supply between the rear fan and finnally my motherboard atx cable comes up off the motherboard and behind the backplane. This leaves an empty void and direct path from intake fans to backplane and motherboard to rear fan.

I had a usb reader and class 6 or 10 micro sd til it was blacklisted. Now have a cruzer fit. Not much difference. It's painful to load all those dependencies especially if you have apache, xbmc, deluge. It's another reason I was happy for vm's. Most systems I have won't boot from usb3 and then you'd need the drivers loaded.

If I didn't already have the only working Asrock C2750 that is exactly what I would buy except for the power supply. I still might switch everything out. I would get the the st45sf-g 450 instead. I bought the bronze version though cause it was $50 on ebay. You may be able to use one with less watts. Like 300-350 but Silverstone because of the single rail. Also with that case you have to run the side fans with a fixed rpm. I run mine with Noctuas @ 800-900rpms. Other wise the drives will run hot during parity checks/syncs. I swapped the direction so they blow out and removed the filter. And use the rear as intake with a filter.

I created an apache plugin for unraid 6 a while back that copies the missing php extensions. I was playing around with the virtualbox plugin without xen today using phpvirtualbox 4.3.1. 4.2.8 won't work. I didn't have time to run a vm fully. I created a couple and started/stopped them but didn't have time to test. I finally got around to making a thread for the plugin. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=33692.0#

If your still testing I'm on unRAID 6 and going to get a new 4TB parity drive today.

Are you saying you're getting 70MB/s writes to a parity-protected array ?? Which write mode do you have UnRAID set for? No I have a cache drive. I edited my post above. 20MB/s to array.

how do you like this board? any performance issues as reported elsewhere? Someone needs to combine the 3 or 4 threads on this motherboard. I love it today. I just went and tested from a new Windows 7 build and read speeds were 80-90MB/s. Write speeds are ~70MB/s to cache, ~20MB/s to array drive and parity check is 79MB/s average. The 2 issues I had were the sata controllers aggressive link power management (which I turned off in the bios). I don't know if its a kernel or driver issue but this had caused red balls/data corruption a couple times and not just for me. I use green drives anyway so I don't know if its really necessary. The main issue I have is sata errors in the logs which I solved with new sata cables . Frozen and hard link resetting on particular drives. The cables that came with the board worked ok. One older sata II WD green 2TB drive just doesn't like the sata II controller so I moved it, which is easy with the new hot swap bays. It just seems sensitive. The connectors are real close too. Only flat ends on the cables will work.

Yes there are 2 Molex connectors on the backplane along with two 3 pin fan connectors. The 2.5 drive cage is directly behind the top two hot swap bays. If you have the longer sata power connectors for the 2.5 drives and longer sata cables ends for the 2.5 and top hot swap it could be tight. Plus the Molex connectors are up there too. You definitely need 180 cables due to the Molex. You could get away with right angle for the bottom four bays and one of the 2.5. 8" or 12" cables would be best. I have the Asrock C2750 and 6 of the sata ports are directly under the backplane.

Edit: I will take internal pics when my power supply gets here on Sat. I ordered the Silverstone sfx 450. Right now I'm using some 300 watt.