JimPhreak

No it is not normal. CD to the unmenu directory is almost instaneous. WebUI is fast as well. Did find my version of unRAID is V6b14b but doubt that would make a difference. But am upgrading to V6rc5 now. I just updated and if anything it is faster with V6rc5 then it was with V6b14b. Here is how I updated: Update unRAID OS in the GUI and rebooted like they said in the instructions When booted it looked like it hadn't upgraded correctly the version said V6b14b. So I shut down the unRAID VM Connect the VMDK to a Windows VM and start the VM. Reformat the VMDK to have an UNRAID label. extract the V6rc5 files run make_makebootable disconnect from Windows VM after shutting down reboot windows VM reboot unRAID VM and now looks upgraded. realize I didn't rename the VMDK volume from UNRAID so now the following are in progess shutdown both VM connect to Windows VM again start Windows VM rename VMDK to BOOT shutdown Windows VM reboot Windows VM reboot unRAID VM - feel safe now Thanks for checking back in. I think I'm good to go. Formatted the USB drive again and all looks well as of now. Going to get screen installed so I can start pre-clearing my drives. Also, good to know the process for upgrading is very simple now with the webgui and that all I have to do is edit the vmdk after upgrading. Real easy.

Ok so I plugged the USB into a USB 2.0 port and it seems to be working now. Got unRAID installed and booted up. However I'm noticing some serious slowness. The webgui is EXTREMELY slow (takes 15-20 seconds to load a page). Also when I try to install unmenu just doing a cd to the unmenu directory (cd /boo/unmenu) took a good 7-10 seconds just to complete. I assume this is not normal? Do you think my USB drive could be bad or it's possibly some type of a setting I need to look at with regard to my server's BIOS? I have a brand new USB 3.0 flash drive I was going to use but if there are issues with booting from USB 3.0 ports I don't want to go down that road. I'd like to get these slowness issues resolved before I start clearing my four 8TB drives since that's going to take a week or more.

I had this (or something similar) happen to me on my ESXi boot flash. It worked but was unable to save VM configurations. Rebooted and the flash drive was gone and my unRAID Flash drive booted. Spent about 2 hours setting up ESXi again on a new flash drive. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that my flash drive is USB 2.0 and it's plugged into a USB 3.0 port. I know there are sometimes issues with USB 3.0 and ESXi. I've got a new Cruzer fit that is 3.0 so I'll swap that one in there after work and see what happens. I think even on bare-metal there have been reports of boot problems from a USB3 port. Good to know. I'll try plugging into a USB 2.0 port first before replacing the flash drive.

I had this (or something similar) happen to me on my ESXi boot flash. It worked but was unable to save VM configurations. Rebooted and the flash drive was gone and my unRAID Flash drive booted. Spent about 2 hours setting up ESXi again on a new flash drive. Maybe it's something to do with the fact that my flash drive is USB 2.0 and it's plugged into a USB 3.0 port. I know there are sometimes issues with USB 3.0 and ESXi. I've got a new Cruzer fit that is 3.0 so I'll swap that one in there after work and see what happens.

You did rename your VMDK to something other than UNRAID for the volume name correct? Also you are passing through the UNRAID labeled unRAID USB flash drive to the VM? That message is saying it can't find your flash drive. I have ESXi 5.0 but I don't believe 5.5 would be any different when passing through the USB flash drive. But if you are unable to get unRAID to find just the flash drive passed through (like I have done with 5.0) then you may need to pass through the whole controller. I will get the settings from my ESXi 5.0 server that has unRAID V6 VM tonight. Edit: One other thought is I used IDE for the VMDK based on your screen you might be using SCSI? I would switch to an IDE VMDK. You're right, I looked at my settings and all of a sudden my USB flash drive is not being detected at all by my ESXi host. Every since I ejected it from the Windows VM I was configuring it on, it's gone even after a full reboot of the host.

Followed your exact instructions and upon booting my unRAID VM I get this message like 20 times before it boots to Tower login. Is this normal? Also, I'm unable to access the webgui but I can ping the DHCP address it received.

Does anyone have a vmdk for version 6 beta 15 or the latest rc4? I've got a USB flash with version 15 on it and am trying to get it working in a VM within ESXi 5.5.

My backup UnRAID server is finally on it's way. Will update with actual pics when everything arrives this week/weekend but for now I'll post a pic of the case I'm using and my build list . Components: SuperMicro A1SAi-2550F Mini-ITX board / Quad-core Avaton CPU SoC 4GB DDR3-1600 ECC RAM 6 x 3TB WD Reds (same as main UnRAID server) Seasonic 350w 1U PSU U-NAS NSC-800 Mini-ITX case