Skrumpy

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  1. Well, after getting everything mounted and after trying twice now to get everything transferred.. my NAS keeps encountering faults and freezing and or exhibiting odd behavior. I just tried copying files from that other HDD and got a "Fixing recursive fault but reboot needed" error. Not sure what is causing it as all my hardware is new and has been tested (memtest, etc). Possibly, Beta 6.0a5 that's causing it.
  2. I've also been consistently getting this error on Beta 6.0a5.. all new hardware. Going to try what the OP suggested and see if that helps.. unfortunately I need to run the beta version because my intel NIC isn't supported in the latest stable release.
  3. So I have it hooked up as a regular USB drive now using the old enclosure and was able to get it mounted. Shame I have to go through the USB port, but there doesn't look like another reasonable option given that I tried using those parted commands and it said I would lose all data on the drive. Moral of the story: if you have a Seagate Goflex Freeagent drive, don't just think you can take the drive out and put it in as a regular drive. The drive only uses the standard 512 bytes per sector but the USB housing has a special SATA controller which reports 4096 bytes per sector. If you throw the disk into your NAS it will show up fine, you just will never be able to mount it. Of course once you get all the data off of it and repartition/format it you can THEN use it as a regular drive in your NAS.
  4. Hey thanks so much Freddie, this link looks like it may help.. there are some commands he included that I am going to run (as soon as I figure out how to install gnu parted). Don't suppose anyone knows how to do that? I figured it would be a part of UNRAID already but I get an error that parted command is not found. Also I did end up switching to the newer version of ntfs-3g later on, I was just trying multiple ones to make sure it wasn't a version issue. Well originally I started to transfer 3tb of files over the network but it only got about 28% of the way there before it would just quit out. After doing a little research I found that while it is possible, transfering over the network like that is not ideal because it apparently has to transfer the data twice? I'm not into the specifics of it but from what I read somewhere (don't have the forum post handy) it transfers it to the NAS then has to transfer it back to windows (to maybe verify the transfer? not really sure). Either way people were saying it would take a lot longer that way. Also file/folder names can be an issue when transferring that way as well. Honestly, I think your standard NTFS drive would be fine.. the problem with this one of mine, however, is that it came from a USB enclosure where the manufacturer had a secondary card in there to translate their funky settings into something readable by the PC. It looks like it may be fixable with gnu parted, but I think I will just try piecing together the old enclosure and drive into some sort of Frankenstein setup until I can get the data over. I'll report back on if that resolves the issue.
  5. Yep, saw that one.. tried all that.. thanks for responding though at least.. now I know at least 1 person has at least opened up this thread
  6. Am i making any sense? or should I give up? I wouldn't mind a single response, even if it was someone telling me to GTFO =p.
  7. Anyone? Anything? Guesses? Hints? Conjecture? Willing to try some voodoo magic at this point.. will bust out the virgin blood and prayer beads.. this 1 thing is holding up my entire project atm, just staring at a worthless box and I'm about to just say f**k it and go with something else at this point.
  8. Really no responses yet eh? Figured this would be something easy.. hehe Well I got my Plus license and have that installed and I was able to get a bit further, so it does look like you can't mount a 3rd non-parity non-array drive in basic. Either way now I get some error messages when I try to mount. Command I'm using: mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sde1 /mnt/old_data -o umask=111,dmask=000 -v (also tried sde, and got the same result) I even tried using a different version of ntfs-3g (ntfs-3g-2013.1.13-x86_64-1.txz) Output: Read another forum that said to use: gdisk -l /dev/sde Output: (from sde) Output: (from sde1) This was a Seagate Freeagent Goflex 3tb drive (was in a usb casing) that I removed from the casing and put in my NAS. Still not sure what I should do next.. any takers? Who knew copying files could be so difficult?
  9. Hmm I'm wondering if it won't let me mount the drive because I'm currently using unRAID basic? Not trying to add it to the array but perhaps it's still restricting me from mounting it? Probably a long shot but I'm going to upgrade to Plus (was going to anyways) to see if that resolves it.. could still use some guidance from any of the professional lurkers out there! Edit: Well it apparently takes 24-48 hours to get my key so going to have to hope that is the issue (would love to get verification from someone that this would clear up my problem). I don't even see the option to mount it in Disk Management.
  10. Background: I want to transfer files from 3tb NTFS drive (fdisk -l|grep NTFS reports /dev/sde1 as HPFS/NTFS/exFAT) in my NAS to my NAS array drives. As you can see, the drive shows up in unRAID Originally I tried copying the data via shares over Win8 network (as you can see sdc has 28% used), but it would stop after a couple of hours and give me weird permission errors and refuse to copy any more data. So I looked for other measures. I tried using SNAP but after 2 hours of trying to get it to work, found out that it is not supported on V6.0 b5a (which I am using because I have a newer Mobo and the latest stable release wouldn't recognize my onboard intel NIC). So then I deleted SNAP and its version of ntfs-3g and installed and ran the latest version of ntfs-3g (ntfs-3g-2012.1.15-i486-2.txz). Then I tried using the following commands to mount the drive (after downloading and installing ntfs-3g and creating the mnt/old_data directory): mount -r -t ntfs-3g /dev/sde1 /mnt/old_data -o umask=111,dmask=000 -v (Also tried sde for good measure with same result) No errors were reported (just brought me back to the prompt) but it just refuses to mount the drive.. nothing would show up in /mnt/old_data/ (checked using ls and mc) and the mount status never changed in unRAID. I've tried restarting my NAS and all that just to see if it would help, but to no avail. I've seen every wiki article out there regarding NTFS file transfer in unRAID and can't figure out what I am missing. Obviously I'm new to this but after extensive searches to try to figure this out on my own I am at a loss as to what to try next. I must be missing something simple. I just want to copy my data over so that I can format that drive and add it to the array. Any advice is appreciated!
  11. Installed my new components today and ran UNRAID only to get an error "device not found" when doing my ifconfig eth0 command. I am using an Asus H97M plus board with an intel onboard gigabit lan (Intel® I218V). Any hints or suggestions? At a loss here.. LAN is enabled in the BIOS, cable is plugged in and the status lights indicate a good connection. Using UNRAID 5.0.5 Note: I just tried the latest beta release of UNRAID and it does work! Therefore I'm assuming it is just a driver issue? Just a quick question though.. how difficult will it be to update to the latest version of UNRAID when it is released then?
  12. Installed my new components today and ran UNRAID only to get an error "device not found" when doing my ifconfig eth0 command. I am using an Asus H97M plus board with an intel onboard gigabit lan (Intel® I218V). Any hints or suggestions? At a loss here.. Edit: LAN is enabled in the BIOS, cable is plugged in and the status lights indicate a good connection. Using UNRAID 5.0.5
  13. The Lian-Li PC-Q25 was actually the first case I was looking at but it looks like it is sold out everywhere (Newegg/Amazon at least) :'(. How are those Silverstone SFX power supplies? Never really heard of that brand before, so that scares me a bit. So the DS380 runs the drives a bit hot? Not a fan of that, especially at the $150 price point. What kind of PSU's fit in it anyways? Do you have to use their propriety Silverstone PSU? Aside from the smaller size, what is the reason most people seem to stick with mini itx boards? Seems to really limit your choice in mobos.
  14. Hmm looked into the Silverstone DS380 and I like the style and the fact it can house a few more drives than the BitFenix Phenom. The only downside is that it is twice the price. I'm not entirely worried about jiggling a cable, but it would definitely be more hassle free for swapping drives. I'm going to have to think about that one a bit more. The reason why I have shied away from the cages in traditional cases are because most cases these days are rather gaudy. I just want something that looks simple and unobtrusive like the Phenom/Silverstone as the case will be sitting out in the open and I really don't want a bunch of flashy lights, etc. It looks like I'll also have to rethink my PSU as I don't think the one I've chosen is single rail. I also just calculated exactly how much wattage I need using http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine (says I need a min of 173W and recommends 223W so 450W would put me about the 50% sweet spot), though wouldn't mind someone verifying that it sounds correct. Lastly, I read in "the first UNRAID build thread" in this forum that unRaid is moving towards VM so I want to make sure I am capable of that technology (not sure how I'd use it as of yet but I would rather be prepared to use it then be forced to upgrade if I want to in the future). Can anyone recommend a low power CPU option that supports VT-x, HT, and VT-d?
  15. Subject says it all! I am pretty new with all of this stuff so after the better part of a week spent researching have decided to go with unRaid for my first ever NAS. I know the machine I listed below is probably a bit of overkill but I don't mind and I want to have some future upgrade potential (via the CPU). If my space demands overtake my current maximum capacity (6 drives) I will upgrade to pro and toss my current hardware into a new case and continue to expand. I will be hooking my NAS up to my HTPC which I would primarily stream movies to. I would also be streaming music/movies to other devices (android phone, tablet, etc). What is your budget? Even if you don't have a strict budget set out, at least give us an idea if you are pinching pennies or splurging on your build. ~$1100 or so, not pinching pennies so I have wiggle room but I like to get my money's worth. How many drives do you want your server to be able to support and how much capacity do you need? I currently have about 4TB of used space I want to transfer to my box right off the bat. I am kind of a hoarder, so I like to save everything and plan to further grow my current movie collection with additional Blu-ray remuxes. Is expandability important to you? If so, what's your long term goal? Yes, I figure I can add more 4TB drives to my NAS as needed (up to 6 total). I calculated that at full capacity (~20TB) I'll be able to store about 570 Blu-ray remuxes (along with a few TV episodes, music, etc). That should give me enough space for a good start IMO! Are you interested in running any unRAID Add Ons (see here)? If so, which ones? Be specific. Apcupsd, Beets, BitTorrent Sync, Couch Potato, DenyHosts, Dropbox, MySQL, NZBGet, OpenSSH, OpenVPN, Plex Media Server, (I'm an addons whore so I plan to play around with a lot of them). Do you want to run green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives? If you don't have a specific need for 7200 rpm drives, then choose green drives. Honestly, I don't have a specific need for 7200 rpm drives, but the HGST 4TB NAS drives (listed in my prospective build below) have gotten pretty rock solid reviews. I am all for spending more to have extra peace of mind that my data is in better hands. I guess if it isn't going to make a performance difference for streaming media I will take recommendations for alternatives, but I don't want to sacrifice too much drive quality for quantity. Do you have any spare parts laying around that you would like to apply towards your build? This includes drives. I have 1 Seagate Goflex 3TB drive. It was purchased as a USB drive but I'm going to remove the enclosure and toss it in my rig. I understand that I will have to transfer the data off of it before adding it to the array. Other than that I do not have any other parts laying around. If you already have parts in mind, please oh pretty please post links to them so that we don't have to look them up. (1) USB Flash Drive ( ) = ~$20 (Any recommendations? I don't want to get a cheap POS) (2) HGST – 4TB (1) Parity Drive & (1) Storage Drive= $47.50/TB = $189.99 ea = $379.98 (1) Seagate Goflex 3TB drive = ------ (already have) (1) SSD Cache Drive Samsung 840 EVO – 120 GB = $69.99 (1) BitFenix Phenom BFC-PHE-300-KKXKK-RP Midnight Black Steel / Plastic Mini-ITX Tower Computer Case = $79.99 (1) Intel Core i3-4150 Haswell 3.5GHz LGA 1150 54W Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4600 BX80646I34150 = $109.99 (Microcenter) (1) ASUS H87I-PLUS LGA 1150 Intel H87 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard With UEFI BIOS = $104.99 (1 set) G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-16GBXL = $134.99 (1) CORSAIR CSM Series CS450M 450W ATX12V v2.4 and EPS 2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply = $59.99 Total: $1058.92 (includes Plus key 2 pack registration. Note: prices listed are not all from NewEgg links above). Any and all advice, criticism and hints would be appreciated. Once I get enough of you unRaid veterans to sign off on my project I'm going to pull the trigger and get to building. Thanks in advance guys, I'm pretty excited to get started!