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    Windows 10 VM multiple issues with mouse and resolution

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    I installed a windows 10 VM using all the default settings and it has given me nothing but weird issues. Using the default graphics driver, the mouse periodically just stops working. I tried multiple fixes for this based on forum posts, and after reinstalling the virtio drivers the mouse worked again. For exactly one day. I have tried multiple mice, and nothing works. I managed to install teamviewer on the VM and remoted into the machine, and the mouse worked fine. I really don't want to have to remote desktop into my VM every time I need to administer it so I started trying other fixes. I have now got mouse control using the cirrus graphics drivers, but now I am limited to 800x600 resolution. I see many posts about this same issue. Is there really no way to run a windows 10 VM in unraid without it breaking like this? I am fine running the cirrus drivers, but I can't squint at the computer at 800x600. So my questions are:

    1. Is there a way to run a windows 10 VM with QEMU drivers and have a working mouse?

    2. Is there a way to increase the resolution with the cirrus drivers above 800x600?

     

    This is quite frustrating. I have been an unraid user for years and have nothing but loved it. That is, until I started trying to do VMs that are non linux. There has to be a solution for this and I am willing to try anything to get it to work so I don't have to build a whole different computer to run my smart home/camera software. 

     

    Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I have been at this with help from some friends for days, and the best we have gotten to actually control the mouse is using the cirrus drivers and I am getting too old to see 800x600 :D not to mention I can't even click where I need to on that small a screen. 

     

    I can post diagnostics if that would help solve these issues.

    New Win10 VM goes from press any key to Tiano screen

    in VM Engine (KVM)

    Posted · Edited by mikedpitt420

    I am trying to follow Spaceinvaderone's windows 10VM installation. I have downloaded brand new ISO's from Microsoft, and VirtIO drivers. The VM boots to the "press any key to continue" which I do, and it just goes back to the Tiano screen and stays there. I have tried several different fixes I have found on the forums here, and none of them seem to work. I have tried using only one thread. I have tried using SeaBIOS. Any help is greatly appreciated. 

     

     

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    Trying to recreate VM from old vdisk1.img

    in VM Engine (KVM)

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    This was not entirely accurate. Let me try to start again. I think I started my VM service again, thus creating a new libvrt file. I have backups of my vdisk1.img file. When I try to create a new VM with my vdisk1.img file, it does load, but seems to be missing a bunch of data. Is this expected behavior? 

    Trying to recreate VM from old vdisk1.img

    in VM Engine (KVM)

    Posted · Edited by mikedpitt420

    I replaced my cache drive, and forgot about a VM that was on there. I can still mount it and access the disk image, but where do I find the XML? Or what is the best way to restore the VM ? I still have the same flash drive, and access to anything that was stored on the cache drive including the disk image. 

    What will an old mounted parity drive look like?

    in General Support

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    So I lost 8 drives due to a completely moronic move and I have been repairing them one by one. I do not know which drives were which. I have been de soldering the BIOS chips of my old drives onto new PCBs and so far so good. I have managed to resurrect 3 of 8 dead drives so far. What I am curious about is this: when I finally get to my old parity drive and I plug it in and mount it, what will I see? I just was hoping to have some idea so when I do get to that one I know to just skip it. 

    Trying to determine which disks are which

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    I burned out 8 HDDs on an old setup. Is there anywhere in my old flash drive that I can find the serial #s to tell which disk was parity and which ones were data? I have started the process of ordering new PCBs for the old dead drives and successfully replaced a new BIOS with the old, and the drive now works again. Since these PCBs are shipped from China and aren't cheap I would like to avoid ordering one for my parity drive as I have gotten new data drives and only wish to reconstruct those. 

    [Support] Linuxserver.io - Sonarr

    in Docker Containers

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    Hello. I recently lost almost all of my data drives, but my cache drive with all of my dockers on it seems fine. Is there a way to extract a list of my DB from this drive to know all of the TV I'm missing? (Plex DB extraction would be even better as that would have everything that I've lost)

     

    Thanks in advance!

    New Chassis, unRAID can't see disks

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    SuperMicro CSE-836A-R1200B> I really hope this isn't incompatible as several people from the forums told me that there are "great deals on supermicro 836 cases on ebay".... I wouldn't think it's entirely incompatible as it does see some drives. I think it's just that the BIOS for both cards is not loading correctly.

    New Chassis, unRAID can't see disks

    in General Support

    Posted · Edited by mikedpitt420

    During boot the 9211 BIOS screen goes by and says something about configuration changes but when I enter it, I don't seem to have many options to change anything. I think this is definitely the problem. Should I get an SAS expander instead of 2 9211 8is? If so, which one would anyone recommend with this card? I've never really used one before.