Byteclever

Yay !!!! Rebooted and it looks like everything works now !!!!! (thanks for the help/confidence boost) I have created a zip backup of the bootdrive now. I have also enabled syslog now as recommended. Can i get it to write the syslog or mirror it to my computer instead of storing it in the server? (Kind of useless to have it there if the server does not work) However, i don't trust that SONY drive any more. I would like to use my one of my new SAMSUNG USB's instead. How do i go about it to move my bootdrive from the SONY to the SAMSUNG without risking data or license?

I don't see how i can get the syslog when i am in no contact with the server. The Server consists of only two 20TB drives at the moment, one parity and one data and i have had no issues with it before. So I don't think that there is any issue with the server itself, just the USB bootdrive so if i can get the old or a new bootdrive to work... The old bootdrive is a Sony 32GB, the new i created is a Samsun BAR Plus Do i risk any data if i reboot the server?

Collect Diagnostics: I have tried SSH and Telnet but connection is refused. Direct connection (keyboard/screen attached to the server) just displays "crond[2261]: exit status 1 ..." and can't be made to do anything else Any hints on how to proceed?

Seems like i have a corrupted USB drive. First i ended up in the "Onboarding loop above" when i tried to login. ( I have not tried to update anything) When i managed to get out of that loop and tried to login to the server from my computer i get "your boot drive is corrupted or offline..." I plugged the USB drive into my windows computer, got a complaint that it needed to be fixed once but then it seemed ok. I copied all files on the drive to my windows computer and then ran a scan disk on the USB drive which came out ok. Meanwhile i have created a new UNRAID bootdrive (on a new stick if needed) I have not yet shutdown my server. I can still access files on the server from my Windows computer for some reason. Question: What should i do? - do i reboot my server to see if the old bootdrive is working now? - Do i plug in my new stick with the old config filed copied onto it? - What about my license, will that work? - ... Greatly appreciate help with this !