stradle

Mine seems to have not gone too good. This was a brand new 2Tb drive. Bought 3 of these and seem to have precleared the other 2 fine. Only difference with this was that I was running 2 preclears at the same time. It seems to have done a lot quicker as the same 2Tb drive took 25 hours on its own to preclear so to get to step 10 after 9hours makes me think something is up with it. These were "2TB WD SATA2 WD20EARS 5400RPM" drives. Now when I try and preclear that drive, its messed up and wont even display the information.

Hi Guys, Got a few, im sure basic questions here, but quite new to all this, learning as I go along. Got 3 drives. just setting up the unRAID and was connected to the server with a monitor & keyboard to kick off the first of my drives. It is purring along now 13 hours in and on the final step of 1 cycle. I have a few questions: Are you able to set more than 1 to go at the same time? - tried adding /dev/sda /dev/sdb.... at start but reckon I got syntax wrong. Couldnt really understand on screen isntructions. I would also be interested kicking it off via telnet so I can keep an eye on it via a different machine, I didnt realise that when I telnet on, I dont see the same screen that is on my main monitor attatched, take it that is because the telnet is a different session? Once the initial drive is finished, I will start the next Preclear (hopefully multiple at once, if this is possible) from the telnet, are you able to connect back in to the same session if telnet is closed, will the Preclear continue? Why do people do multiple Preclears? - my 1 cycle for the first drive is now at the 18 hour mark for 2tb. Thanks in advance, Martin