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I had no problems getting snap installed on my 4.7 (free - for now) build. I struggled for a bit before I discovered that my precleared disk had no partition or formatting. I was able to get it partitioned using unraid_partition_disk.sh, and now, unMenu 1.5 is showing that it's ready to be formatted. Unfortunately, I'm getting an error in formatting:
mkreiserfs hda1 mkreiserfs 3.6.21 (2009 www.namesys.com) Stat of the device '/dev/hda1' failed. /dev/hda1: No such file or directory sfdisk: cannot open /dev/hda1 read-write
Any suggestions from here?
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I'm a rookie, too, but I'm pretty sure that after writing a 0 to every single bit on the hard drive, there will be no formatting at all. You have to let unRAID format the drive, then it will be good to go for whatever purpose you're using it for. In my (very limited) experience, only the parity disk doesn't get any (obvious to me) formatting.
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I can get a good deal on one of these: http://www.ascendtech.us/lsi-ser523-rev-b2-raid-sata-controller_i_cntlsilogser523.aspx
Is it:
A) compatible with unRAID?
B) significantly functional enough to think about using?
C) need to be flashed with http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12767.0 ?
D) Any other thoughts/comments?
I'm putting it in an old box that I'm just starting to build my unRAID with. It's a PC Chips mobo with only 2 SATA ports on it, so I need some extras quick! I know the card only supports SATA 1, but most of my drives are older at this time, so I don't think I'll be losing much speed.
When I say I can get a good deal, what I mean is, "A buddy has one that he's no longer using, and he said he'd bring it to me. If it works, we'll figure out some cash then, otherwise, he'll probably pitch it." So what's a reasonable offer if it's usable?
BTW- this is a cross-post from here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12767.msg217874#msg217874, since that's been up for a couple of days and not received any feedback yet.
I currently have one of these: http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?pid=27 in my desktop machine that I'm migrating all my disk space out of. This card is currently supporting 2 drives, and has given me no issues. Questions:
A) same as above
B) same as above
C) would it likely be better, worse, or no difference in comparison to the LSI controller?
D) same as above
If they're both usable, would I be well served sticking them both in the box to be able to support a total of 12 (mobo 2 + Sil 4 + LSI 6) drives?
Thanks for the help, guys. I'm a software guy, and am really, really behind on my hardware knowledge. I can stick pieces together with the best of 'em, but I'm not so good at knowing what pieces to put together in the first place.
FreeMan
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I can get one of these really cheap:
http://www.ascendtech.us/lsi-ser523-rev-b2-raid-sata-controller_i_cntlsilogser523.aspx
Anybody know if that will
A) work with unRAID,
B) be flashable (need to be flashed) as described in this post,
C) be worth getting?
I know it only supports SATA 1, so it will be slower, but most of my drives are SATA 1 at this point, so that won't matter much. I was unable to determine from the ad what chipset this has on it. Any help would be appreciated.
FreeMan
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Thanks, Chugiak- great info in those posts!
The server is up and running with 3 drives. About to kick off the pre-clear, but there's a bit more config research to do...
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Thanks for the thoughts, guys.
It's not a format difference, they're both FAT32.
I think Joe L is on to it. Machine 1 is about 5 years old, and just may not be able to recognize an 8GB flash drive. I wonder if I can partition the flash drive... If so, would I be able to use the 2nd partition for anything in unRAID? i.e. installing add-ons, or some sort of cache drive? If not, I guess I could use partition 1 until it failed, then create a 2nd 2GB partition and use it to boot from...
This really is a tiny drive, and I'd rather not have the big one sticking out 3 inches...
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I'm getting ready to start migrating to my first unRAID and have run into a weird situation:
I have a 2GB Kingston Data Traveler USB stick (stick A)
I just purchased a tiny Patriot Autobahn 8GB stick (stick B) - seriously so tiny I almost can't get it out of the machine!
I have 2 machines:
The soon to be unRAID (machine 1)
Another machine on my network (machine 2)
Machine 1 and machine 2 will both boot off of stick A (Kingston) and unRAID will start, and I can access it across the network to shut it back down.
Machine 2 will boot off of stick B (Patriot) and start unRAID, I can access it via browser and shut it down.
Machine 1 will NOT boot off of stick B.
I can't provide any sort of logs, because the unRAID server never starts on machine 1, stick B, so it never produces a log. Since both machines will boot into unRAID from stick A, I don't think there's a hardware or BIOS issue causing the problem, though I'll be happy to provide specs if someone thinks that will help. I do notice that in the BIOS settings on machine 1, stick B is listed as "USB-ZIP".
I did do a search in the forum, and I tried these instructions: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=18379.msg164544#msg164544, but that didn't end up helping.
I found this: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=922.msg76715#msg76715, but it doesn't seem relevant, since stick A is also listed in the BIOS on machine 1 as USB-ZIP
Anybody have any ideas what's going on and if there's a way to fix it?
TIA
FreeMan
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Thanks, Chugiak. I am a bit wiped out at the moment, and got stuck at the login prompt, but I can access the machine across the network to get to the web server, so I'm pretty sure I've got eth0 working!
Any other thoughts or comments?
Now I'm getting anxious for Christmas to get here so the boys will have their new presents, and I'll get mine!
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I'm about to replace a machine, and I'd like to use the old one for my first unRAID.
It has a PC Chips A13G+ v3.0 MoBo running an Athlon 64. On the Mobo are:
NVIDIA MCP61S Single chipset
1 x PCI Express Pro slot (runs in x8 mode)
1 x PCI Express x 1 slot
2 x PCI slots
Boardcom AC131 10/100Mbps
2 SATA headers (I'll have to throw a controller in it)
I've booted unRAID on it, and it comes up, but that's all I've done with it so far, as my son is still using it daily, and his new machine doesn't arrive until Christmas.
Other than the max 100Mbps network and lack of SATA headers, is it safe to assume that since unRAID booted that this will work? I realize it may not be the ideal server, but it's available, and after all the tech purchases for Christmas this year, there's no budget right now for something better.
Thanks, and I look forward to playing with my new toy!
FreeMan
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After several days, I decided to try formatting again. It seems to have succeeded, however I got this message this time
I'm not sure why start=63, since I have had the 4k aligned parameter set since my initial build of the machine, and this was formatted/pre-cleared in this machine.
Am I good to go ahead and start using the disk now? Since it's only a 320GB PATA drive, will the 63/64 alignment really cause any issues? My plan is to use this drive for installing MySQL, SB, NZB, etc, not within the array itself.
Thanks.
FreeMan