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I'm logging everything I've done in case anyone else runs into this (assuming I fix it!). Also, every time I've tried the USB in either the onboard or back panel USB, it's made no difference. For now, I'm only using the on board USB and naming the device UNRAID. Every hard drive and add on card are unplugged, so those are out of the equation. I'm following the steps here: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/USB_Flash_Drive_Preparation 1) Formatted stick with HP formatter as FAT tool and copied my unRAID Pro licensing back: Boots to C drive, which tells me the USB slot and stick are working. DIR shows me all the files. 2) Formatted stick with HP formatter as FAT32 tool and copied my unRAID Pro licensing back: Boots to C drive, which tells me the USB slot and stick are working. DIR shows me all the files. 3) Formatted stick as FAT32 and copied my unRAID Pro licensing back: "remove other disks or media" 4) Delete off my unRAID files, downloas 4.7 from http://lime-technology.com/download/cat_view/49-unraid-server . Formatted stick as FAT (default) and default allocation size, ran "Make_bootable.bat". BOOTS TO UNRAID 5) Overwrote USB "config" folder, copied "packages" and "unmenu" folders with my Pro unRAID config folder: still boots fine I don't know why, but for whatever reason, it looks like I had to run the make_bootable.bat even though the USB worked just fine on my old unraid tower for years.

No changes to the USB stick/unRAID. I'm on 4.7 until 5+ goes live. F11 and boot override give me the same "missing operating system" when I choose either the Lexar or UEFI Lexar. Also, I updated the BIOS last night from 2.0 to 2.0b from a different Lexar USB stick and it worked just fine. I guess my next option would be to see if I could boot off another USB stick with unRAID on it.

Some additional info: I compared my BIOS settings to http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=24490.0 , and setting them exactly as his are made no difference. I pulled out the 2 Supermicro controller cards. Again, no difference. I pulled the unRAID USB, and everything looks to be exactly as it was before swapping boxes. unRAID files, unmenu files, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm moving my unRAID setup over to a new Norco RPC-4220/Supermicro X9SCM-F board. It boots up, but will never boot off my unRAID Lexar stick. BIOS sees the Lexar USB stick (I'm using the internal/onboard USB). I've tried setting UEFI Lexar and Lexar (non UEFI) as the default boot device. I've tried setting the boot option filter to both Legacy only and UEFI and Legacy. So far, no luck. What am I missing to get this to boot off my unRAID USB stick? Also, these same 11 drives and USB stick have been functioning in my old unRAID tower for years.

dgaschk -- when I make the change to AHCI only, is there any affect on the data? Typically in windows (I don't know Linux), you don't want to change to/from AHCI unless you're going to format, so I wanted to make sure before I did it. The rebuild came back fine, so it must be that controller card. I found the cards I currently have in the system (Syba) -- http://www.syba.com/index.php?controller=Product&action=Info&Id=864 . I'm guessing either of the 4 port controller cards suggested here http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12404.0 will work as a replacement.

It's still rebuilding, but this is the first time it's gone this far (85%) without errors, so it sounds like the controller card is bad. Is there any way to see what type of cards I have in my system now through unRAID? I can go back through Newegg, but I buy all my work stuff through there too, so I could be searching for a while. I know when I bought mine, I went off the approved controller thread on these forums, but I don't see it now, so it must have been replaced. My sata connectors come off the top, so it's not the Adaptec listed here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12404.0

I replaced the cable and swapped the he'd to a different Controller card, so I'd like to see if at fixes the errors. The PSU is a good 80+ Corsair w 700ish watts, so I'd like to make sure e issue isn't fixed before replacing it. Is there a way to reset these counters so I know if the errors are new errors? It's still rebuilding without errors so far, which I'd think is a good sign.

I moved Disk 1 from one controller card to another controller card (by board has 6 slots, all of which are in use). Disk 1 moved to sdi. The command worked, so I'm guessing it's the controller card (cable, drive and SATA port have all been changed). I'm attaching the SMART test. Everything looked okay except for "UDMA_CRC_Error_Count", but I don't know what's too high considering the more important readings were zero (Reallocated, Current Pending, and Temp). Another question regarding the 3 drive letters in the parenthesis ( -- (sdj), (hdd), etc). I figured it would be good to run the SMART test on the only drive left on the 2nd controller card to see if it comes back bad. That would almost certainly mean the controller cards is bad, correct? Disk 2 is the only drive left on that card, which is labeled (sdj). SDJ is what disk 1 was called before I swapped slots. How would that happen? I thought the 3 digits were based on drive and/or port? The SMART test ran on SDJ. The results look basically the same as SDI. Also, I ran an extended Western Digital test on the drive that I originally replaced that was too slow (movies stuttered, data copy was crazy slow) and both the regular and extended tests came back fine. What gives? I don't see where my problem is. Maybe it's on those specific 2 ports on the 2nd controller card? smartsdi.txt smartsdj.txt

Aaah, okay. I understand now. I'm at work and running all this remotely, so I'll have to do that when I get home. I thought you meant the port option in puTTy. I'll test that tonight. Thanks Bryan.

The SMART test runs fine on Disk 6 but not Disk 1, so it should be a drive/controller card/cable issue and not an open port issue, right? Just to make sure I'm doing this right, I attached a smarthdd.txt file. This is from Disk 6, which is named hdd in parenthesis on the Devices tab. The same commands on sdj (disk 1) give me the errors in my previous post. Please let me know if Disk 6 looks fine, and what I should do about Disk 1. I'm assuming I need to shut the system down, pull the drive out, test it with Seagate's software, and RMA it (assuming it comes back okay). smarthdd.txt

I'm running "smartctl -d ata -tshort /dev/sdj (sdj is disk 1/host 11), and it comes back with: "Smartctl: Device Red Identity Failed (not an ATA/ATAPI device)" "A mandatory SMART command failed: exiting. To continue, all one or more '-T permissive' options" When I run "smartctl -d ata -tshort /dev/hdd (hdd is disk 6, which is the other ST2000DL003-9VT166 drive), I don't get this error. It goes into "START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE....", sending command, drive command, testing has begun, please wait 1 minutes for test to complete, etc. Both drives are 2TB Seagate and both SATA. Am I doing something wrong or does this confirm that I received a DOA drive? I can attach the Disk 6 smart test if it'll help, but I figured it wouldn't matter since it won't run on Disk 1. The other odd thing is that before I put it in the unRAID system, I plugged it into a SATA HDD bay that I have at work just to make sure it showed up (I've seen a few drives shipped DOA in my days) and it showed up as expected. I didn't format or initialize it to test further however.

Will do once I get home. Disk 1 is the one that's red, but it's the one I already replaced. Disk 6 is the one you listed. It shows green. Once I run the SMART test and if it comes back bad, if I replace it will I lose any data due to Disk 1 showing red? Thanks again Kenoka. **EDIT** aaah, wait. Disk 1 and 6 are both ST2000DL003-9VT166, just with different serial numbers and slots. Disk 1 is host 11, which would match up to ata11, correct? I don't see any mention of ata on the devices page or on the main page. Disk 1 is the one I just got in as a replacement for the WD Green that was going bad. I know drives can come bad in the mail, but it just seems like an odd coincidence. I'm running the SMART test on Disk 1/host 11 and I'll post later today.

Thanks Kenoka. I'm attaching the syslog.txt (zipped due to size). The light by Disk 1 isn't blinking red, it's solid red. The SMART test says it could take 2 - 4 hours. Should I wait to do this until the rebuild it done? It's at 1.5% and no drives show any errors. I've replaced the drive and the cable and swapped SATA ports, so those can't be bad. It could be the add on card or the motherboard itself, but 2 other drives are working properly that are attached to it. syslog.zip

Thanks for the response JohnM. I've running the pro version for years, but I basically set it and forget it (except for adding discs). I looked for the syslog and I don't see one. I read http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=9880.0 , which said to look in "//tower/log/syslog" , but I don't have that folder/share. When I look on my tower, I have disk 1 through 10, the 4 shares I created, and the flash folder. Where do I find the syslog or does it have to be enabled? Also, how do I tell if I'm running in simulated mode? I read the FAQs and it said to test the cable/connection/port, so here's what I've done so far: 1) Reseated the SATA and power cables -- still red 2) Swapped to a new SATA cable -- still red 3) Swapped SATA cable to a new spot on the add on card -- no difference. Also, other hard drives are on the same card and function properly. After swapping slots on the add on card, I had to reset the drive (again, like I did before I left for vacation), so I won't be able to troubleshoot for a while. Initially when I swapped the drive, it showed up blue, but when I enabled the drive as Disk 1, it went red. So far, it's still red. I have 16TB space, so the rebuild takes a while. Thanks, Jon

I recently replaced Disk1 (2 TB Western Digital EARS) because it was extremely slow when copying data and stuttered when playing movies (all other drives were fine). I replaced the drive with a 2TB Seagate drive, it showed up blue, and I rebuilt it. I went on vacation thinking I'd come back to a completely rebuilt system. When I checked a week later, it shows a red flashing light by disk 1 (all other drives are solid green). I tested copying 5 GB to it and it went through quickly. Before I replaced the drive, it would take HOURS for a single DVD instead of minutes as normal (GBIT network throughout). I hit "Clear Statistics" before copying the data. After copying a test to it, it only the parity drive showed any writes and no drive showed any reads. I'm running version 4.7. Any thoughts/suggestions?