Sittler27

I am a newbie to unraid, so I'd like someone to validate my install steps so far to ensure I haven't missed anything: 1. Built server to the point of being able to login and see the unraid admin utility via //tower 2. I have just two disks (1 parity and 1 data). Mounted both disks and started the array, and let it run parity. I didn't see an option to "clear the disks", so i didn't do that...should I have? and if so how? 3. Moved all my required data files over the ethernet network to disk 1 in unraid. I can now see all the files on disk 1 through network on a connected PC. I've made it this far up until now. Here's what I plan to do next: 4. Delete all data on the source disk I had added the data to unraid from. 5. Remove it from my PC, and add it as "disk 2" in the array. 6. Mount it. Should I then have an option to "clear the disk"? that's it. After I do that, will unraid take any data moved to that disk and make parity of it?

Ok, got a NIC and now typing ethtool eth0 yields the correct info, so it's on the network. However, typing //tower into a web browser on another PC still doesn't get me to the administration utility. Any ideas?

Would either of these NICs work: D-Link - DGE-530T - 10/100/1000 Mbps PCI Network Adapter Linkskey LKG-6100 Network Adapter - PCI, 10/100/1000 Gigabit

Ok, thanks. I'll just get a cheap NIC...sounds like the best solution. I guess I have to ensure it is a Gigabit one.

typing mount returns what you pasted there, so it is booting properly (sdc1 on /boot type vfat typing ls-l /dev/disk/by-label confirms the device is UNRAID and properly setup HOWEVER typing either ethtool eth0 or ethtool -i eth0 returns messages that state there is "no such device" on all the lines of info returned.

I found the problem to that fact that the switch wasn't recognizing it: in the BIOS in the AI tool I had to set Enabled on "recognize atheros LAN cable" or somethinng like that. Now that I have the NIC active (at least in hardware), I still cannot reach \\tower across the network after booting and loggin locally into the Unraid server. All I get is www.tower.com , the website instead of the server console. How do I make sure or verify that the server has it's network services running, as right now I don't think the unraid server is working on the network, even though the NIC is active now. When I type: telnet tower into a command prompt from another PC I get an error about couldn't connect and port 23 or something.

I installed the Unraid server and can get it to boot up fine to the prompt. Login with "root" and no password and all. My onboard GigE LAN from the mobo (Asus P5QL Pro) is connected to a switch. I don't even see a network light on the switch port that its connected to. I've enabled the onboard LAN in the BIOS and I've tried a couple different network patch cables, but still nothing. Obviously, I can't reach the Unraid server from another computer using //tower either, since I don't even get an active flashing light on the switch. Any suggestions? Should I just go get a cheap NIC and use that? Please help, I've been trying to fix this for days now!