ChrisF

Appreciate both of above. Both make sense. Will look into and report back. Dinner party at our house tonight so not sure on timing. Happy holidays!

Hi - probably very simple answer but I've searched and tried so I thought I'd appeal to the community for help. I've had an UnRaid server up for 4-5 years now and love it, perfect for my application. Recently USB key went bad and didn't have a backup. I have a new key, installed a current version of Unraid, assigned my disks (order may not be right/match original but functionality on server itself is fine), and rebuilt parity. I can see all shares/files on the server and admin the server remotely without issue. I can brows shares/sub folders/files via the admin web interface even download individual files and see shares which span multiple drives. Everything would appear to be in order. What I can't do is see any of the shares via SAMBA on windows PC or other device (KODI on Amazon Firestick just flat out rejects). Focusing on Windows PC for simplicity, I can admin server from the PC in question (Windows 11 Home 64bit). All Unraid shares are set to Public currently. I see nothing in file manager either via generic SAMBA hitting "Tower" or IP directly. I see nothing with an account login that allows all privileges and opens file manager window going into route directory where I would normally view all visible shares. Just a blank file manager inside. Would really like to restore access as primary use is to stream and share files around the house. All advice is appreciated. Thanks.

EDIT - actually, scratch all that below. After being told countless times that the A8V couldn't boot from USB I think it actually can. I'm now getting some kind of "invalid partition table" error but providing the boot capabitity is there I can eventually get through that obstacle. Longtime lurker and scourer of these forums as well as unRAID media server envier could really use just 3 minutes of quality assistance. Okay, if I can repurpose this older AMD board for unRAID I can sway the wife into allowing me to build a new machine (and I get my unRAID server all at once). It has a Marvel 1GB LAN and 4 total SATA ports with 2 on a VIA and 2 on a Promise. I also have the 4 port PCI SATA card that is supported. The issue is the lack of USB as a boot option and obviously unRAID's total reliance on USB boot to protect its software. I've located this workaround and obtained all of the files yet I'm not sure 1) if this is the best way to do it or if there is any alternative 2) how to incorporate LINLD into the floppy or CD boot disc (do I need to just edit the autoexec on the Kicker disc or actually put the other LINLD files on there?). I know very little (read nothing) about Linux or Command line instructions but am willing to learn enough to get this done. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=244.0 If someone can help me out or has suggestion on working with this MB, it would be great. I have plenty of RAM and Processor power but the USB boot thing is an obstacle for me.