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Replaced the motherboard, CPU and memory. Preclear ran through with no problems.

If you are using the free basic version of unraid, you could just prepare the new flash drive as per the install instructions, then overwrite those files with your current flash contents. If you have a license key, it is tied to the unique flash ID, and there is no way to swap keys without purchasing a new license. If your current flash dies, you can email Tom and explain your situation, and he will work with you to solve the issue. In any case, it's a good idea to make a backup of your flash drive contents every time you make a change to your configuration, either changing hardware or adding software to the key. Thanks. I've been running the free version, but plan on upgrading to the Pro Version, and I want to do it with a new Flash.

What if I want to swap out the USB drive? All I have ever installed on the USB drive, aside from the Unraid 4.7, is the preclear script. Thanks.

Sounds more like your server has crashed. If you are unable to telnet to it, and unable to access the web-management console, and there is no disk activity, something is not right. The syslog will be gone when you reboot, as it is kept in an in-memory file-system. The actual cause of your crash could be almost anything from a power supply unable to handle the additional load of the drive, to a defective drive, to errors filling the syslog and using all available memory, to defective RAM, to running out of RAM due to other processes using it all. Just about the only thing it might not be is the "mouse" Time to reboot. Joe L. Thanks. I can ping the system, just can't telnet to it and can't bring it up in a browser. I've been planning on rebuilding the server with new components and maybe now is the time. Maybe I'll start with a Memtest and then move onto checking the power supply.

I've been running 4.7 for a long while now, years it seems, but recently decided it was time to add a new hard drive to the system. I've got a WD EARX 2TB drive and started the process of preclearing it last night. After it starts running the first stage after a while it seems to lock up the system. The screen is black, there is no response from the keyboard and the Hard Drive indicator light on the case doesn't appear to be flashing any, as if there is no HD activity. I remember back when I first built the system that preclear takes a long while to run through, but I don't ever recall not being able to walk up to the system and check the status of the preclear as it ran. Would a reboot of the system be in order and give me access to a syslog? Or does the preclear process go through a stage where I won't be able to check it's status?

Thanks for the help. Pulled the stick out, ran chkdsk, put the stick back in, booted up with no problems and is running fine.

I'm running version 4.7, have been for over a year now, and haven't had any problems until this past weekend. Sometime shortly after Sunday afternoon I started getting the "Windows Cannot Access" error message from all my computers, and it seemed to occur shortly after a power outage. I can see the server in the network browser in windows, can get to the UI page in Firefox and can Telnet into the server. At first I thought it was a NIC card issue, so I changed the card but still have the problem. I only have 3 drives in the machine, but the 3rd drive, which is intended to be a parity drive but has actually never been used. Also, I don't have a cache drive. I've attached a copy of the syslog. I don't know what to really look for, but one part caught my eye, a repeated error message that reads: "Oct 9 20:14:33 Tower kernel: FAT: Filesystem error (dev sdd1) Oct 9 20:14:33 Tower kernel: fat_get_cluster: invalid cluster chain (i_pos 270346)" Could it be a corruption with the flash drive? Something more serious? I know I should be using a battery backup with the system, but since I've been in the middle of a move I haven't put one in place yet. Thanks. syslog.txt

I'm having a very very similar issue but with version 4.7. Had a power outage and now I'm getting the "Windows Cannot Access" error on every Windows 7 machine. I can telnet into the box, can browse to it in Firefox and can ping it, just can't access the shares. I too have no cache disk, but with 4.7 there is no "New Permissions" button.

Thanks guys

Can I run preclear on a new drive, while not taking the array off-line? Or is it best to take the array off-line and let preclear run?

If you pre-cleared it already, and it was not yet assigned to the array, and you pre-cleared it without a jumper, you can use: preclear_disk.sh -C 64 /dev/sdX (where sdX = your disks's device) It will convert the pre-clear signature to use a starting sector of 64. It only takes a few seconds. It will only convert if it is currently "precleared" and you did not change the jumper setting since you cleared it. If not, use the "-A" option and run it through another cycle. Joe L. Okay. I'll do that. Thanks again for all the help.

Thanks Joe. That's what I thought. That's the 2nd of the 3 drives I got from Newegg I'll have to RMA. The other drive turned out perfect. Should I bother doing another preclear on the good drive, and this time use the "-A" option since I'm not jumpering it? Thanks again.

Jan 25 04:40:01 Tower syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Device Model: WDC WD20EARS-00S8B1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Serial Number: WD-WCAVY5659496 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Firmware Version: 80.00A80 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ATA Version is: 8 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Local Time is: Tue Jan 25 06:14:29 2011 EST Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART support is: Enabled Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED! Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Drive failure expected in less than 24 hours. SAVE ALL DATA. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: See vendor-specific Attribute list for failed Attributes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: General SMART Values: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Offline data collection status: (0x80)^IOffline data collection activity Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Iwas never started. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IAuto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Self-test execution status: ( 0)^IThe previous self-test routine completed Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Iwithout error or no self-test has ever Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Ibeen run. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Total time to complete Offline Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: data collection: ^I^I (41880) seconds. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Offline data collection Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: capabilities: ^I^I^I (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IAuto Offline data collection on/off support. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISuspend Offline collection upon new Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Icommand. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IOffline surface scan supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISelf-test supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IConveyance Self-test supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISelective Self-test supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART capabilities: (0x0003)^ISaves SMART data before entering Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^Ipower-saving mode. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISupports SMART auto save timer. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Error logging capability: (0x01)^IError logging supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^IGeneral Purpose Logging supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Short self-test routine Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: recommended polling time: ^I ( 2) minutes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Extended self-test routine Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: recommended polling time: ^I ( 255) minutes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Conveyance self-test routine Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: recommended polling time: ^I ( 5) minutes. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SCT capabilities: ^I (0x3031)^ISCT Status supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISCT Feature Control supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ^I^I^I^I^ISCT Data Table supported. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 131 111 051 Pre-fail Always - 5388 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 181 154 021 Pre-fail Always - 7925 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 16 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 050 050 140 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 1195 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 58 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 12 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 8 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 82 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 196 196 000 Old_age Always - 4 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 70 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 100 253 000 Old_age Offline - 0 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Error Log Version: 1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: No Errors Logged Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t] Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 1 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 2 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 3 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 4 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: 5 0 0 Not_testing Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Selective self-test flags (0x0): Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. Jan 25 06:14:29 Tower preclear_disk-finish[28454]: Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ============================================================================ Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Disk /dev/sdb has been successfully precleared Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == with a starting sector of 63 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Ran 1 preclear-disk cycle Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 12:35:36 (44 MB/s) Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 16:02:30 (34 MB/s) Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 25:45:09 (21 MB/s) Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Last Cycle's Total Time : 54:24:22 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Total Elapsed Time 54:24:22 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Disk Start Temperature: 25C Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Current Disk Temperature: 26C, Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: == Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ============================================================================ Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdb /tmp/smart_finish_sdb Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 131 200 51 ok 5388 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Reallocated_Sector_Ct = 50 200 140 FAILING_NOW 1195 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Reallocated_Event_Count = 196 200 0 ok 4 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: *** Failing SMART Attributes in /tmp/smart_finish_sdb *** Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 050 050 140 Pre-fail Always FAILING_NOW 1195 Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 70 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear, Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: a change of 70 in the number of sectors pending re-allocation. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: 1195 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: a change of 1195 in the number of sectors re-allocated. Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: SMART overall-health status = FAILED! Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: ============================================================================ Jan 25 06:14:30 Tower preclear_disk-diff[29174]: Jan 25 07:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.113 to 192.168.1.1 Jan 25 07:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=86400 in DHCP server response. Jan 25 07:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) Jan 25 19:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: sending DHCP_REQUEST for 192.168.1.113 to 192.168.1.1 Jan 25 19:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: dhcpIPaddrLeaseTime=86400 in DHCP server response. Jan 25 19:40:35 Tower dhcpcd[1166]: DHCP_ACK received from (192.168.1.1) I precleared 2 of my WD 2TB EARS drives. 1st one precleared with no errors, but the second one reported that it failed SMART after preclearing. In looking at the log, I'm assuming the "Reallocated_Sector_Ct" is not a good sign. I didn't jumper these drives, but failed to use the "-A" when running preclear. Should I try running preclear on this drive again, or just go ahead and plan on RMA'ing it. Also, will it matter if I didn't use the "-A" option and not jumper the drives?