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I am running unRAID Basic version 5.0-beta9. The drive isn't write protected, after shutting down the server I copied a small text file to the drive (then deleted it) without issue. The stick definitely isn't full, it's a 256MB drive and unRAID is only taking up 78MB. I have never altered the permissions of the drive in any way. The only thing sticking out to me is that there are no folders on the drive. Here's a screenshot of it (click it for the full size picture):

I didn't try to telnet to the server but I ran the command you mentioned and it only shows one line: root 1130 1080 0 12:28 tty1 00:00:00 grep emhttp I guess this would help explain why I can't access it via http://tower or http://192.168.0.188. (Update: access via the IP address works fine, tower does not) I tried typing: emhttp & But it just spat out an error saying "mkdir: cannot create directory '/boot/config/shares': Not a directory Update (again): I got to the Welcome screen. I decided to try it after Googling the above error and seeing this: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installing_unRAID_on_a_full_Slackware_distro#Test_new_kernel_and_drivers_with_unRAID "4. Log in and run emhttp -p 88. You should get error message “mkdir: cannot create directory `/boot/config/shares': Not a directory” ignore it for now. If you get a segmentation fault, boot into the other kernel" I just ran: emhttp & Instead of emhttp -p 88.

Yes. I ran a ping command to the Tower IP (192.168.0.188) for ten "pings" and it was successful every time with no packet loss: ch0ng@ch0ng-laptop:~$ ping 192.168.0.188 PING 192.168.0.188 (192.168.0.188) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.556 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.635 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=1.14 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.670 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.634 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=6 ttl=64 time=0.574 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=7 ttl=64 time=0.593 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=8 ttl=64 time=0.536 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=9 ttl=64 time=0.560 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.0.188: icmp_req=10 ttl=64 time=0.522 ms ^C (Linux interrupt command) --- 192.168.0.188 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 8996ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.522/0.642/1.144/0.174 ms I also ran a ping command on my netbook running XP and the ping command was 100% successful as well: C:\Documents and Settings\ChOnG>ping 192.168.0.188 Pinging 192.168.0.188 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.0.188: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.0.188: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.0.188: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.0.188: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=64 Ping statistics for 192.168.0.188: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 2ms

As far as I'm aware all devices connected to my network use subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 IPs (static unless listed as dynamic) are: Hardware Address Assigned IP Hostname Expires 192.168.0.100 192.168.0.101 192.168.0.182 (dynamic) 192.168.0.185 (dynamic) 192.168.0.186 (dynamic) 192.168.0.187 (dynamic) 192.168.0.188 192.168.0.189 (dynamic) 192.168.0.191 (dynamic) 192.168.0.192 192.168.0.193 192.168.0.194 (dynamic) 192.168.0.196 192.168.0.197 192.168.0.198 192.168.0.199

I'll play around with this some more tomorrow but I couldn't find much on solving my problem. :'( To summarize my issue: My unRAID server has a static IP. But no computer connected to my router, wired or wireless, can see/browse the unRAID server either via http://tower or http://192.168.0.188 . All connection attempts just time out. I'm not using a Mac and my router (a DIR-655 with 1.34NA firmware) gives the server it's reserved static IP address (192.168.0.188) without issues. I've tried browsing to both http://tower and http://192.168.0.188 via my laptop in Ubuntu Linux (both wired and wireless), my desktop running XP (wired), and another laptop running Windows 7 x64 (wirelessly). I've tried to browse to the mentioned addresses via Chrome and Firefox. All software firewalls are disabled for all of my PCs. Also, I don't know if this matters much but none of the computers have problems printing to my networked printer.

I just wanted to post an update, I finally got my router to give the server an IP address which I verified via the MAC Address (and that is says it's named "Tower"). However, when I try to visit http://tower/'>http://tower/ on any of my computers it gives up after only a second or two and goes to the OpenDNS "search" page I typed in the IP address of http://192.168.0.188 on my laptop and Chrome just says it can't find that address. Since I thought OpenDNS might be giving me trouble I disabled it but it didn't solve the issue. Visiting http://tower just searches Google for "tower" on my Netbook (via Firefox). Trying to navigate to the IP address just shows "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 192.168.0.188" or "Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 192.168.0.188."

Huh, I tried running ifconfig but it doesn't show an IP address. The motherboard has two Ethernet ports so I ran the following: /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 down Then I took out the Ethernet cable and put it in the other port then ran: /etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth0 up Followed by ifconfig and neither of them show an IP. The motherboard has a Marvell 8001 Gigabit Ethernet controller which, as far as I can tell, is on several of the motherboards verified as working in the Hardware Compatibilty section of the Wiki.

Thanks again for the help (and the congrats). I booted into unRAID again and typed hdparm -N /dev/sdX for "a" through "c" and it showed this: /dev/sda: HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Invalid exchange /dev/sdb: max sectors = 145226112/145226112, HPA is disabled. /dev/sdc: max sectors = 145226112/145226112, HPA is disabled. Since they are the same size those are probably the Raptors. The computer that unRAID is on is running and is currently sitting at a command line with just "root@Tower:~#" and a blinking line. However, when I try to go to http://tower on my laptop (what I'm using right at this moment) Chrome just throws an error after a second or two saying "Oops! Google Chrome could not find tower". Just FYI, since this is a fresh unRAID build I decided to run 5.0b9.

So I ran unRAID and after loading it went to a prompt saying "login:". I thought it might be asking me to make one so I typed in something somewhat random and it didn't work. I put in "root" and that worked so then I tried the following (no quotes): "hdparm -N /dev/sd1" "hdparm -N /dev/sd2" "hdparm -N /dev/hd1" "hdparm -N /dev/hd2" but none of them produced anything. I typed the following command to make a log file and searched it for HPA but that didn't find anything (yay!): cp /var/log/syslog /boot What is the next thing I need to do to get started (and/or do any more tests I need to)?

I'm not sure what to look for but the HDDs installed are a 250GB WD and two 74GB Raptors (this used to be a gaming PC). For whatever reason I can only see one of the Raptors in My Computer. There is also a "System Reserved" disk in My Computer that I think Windows took from the 250GB and is sized at 104,853,504 bytes (99.9 MB) with 29,483,008 bytes (28.1MB) used. The only thing I installed (and then removed) from the computer is the @BIOS update utility for the motherboard. Here are the reported sizes of the HDDs: The WD 250GB has 10,125,643,776 bytes (9.34GB) used with 239,848,804,352 bytes (223 GB) free. The only Raptor I can see has a couple folders from the Windows installation in it named $WINDOWS.~BT and $WINDOWS.~LS. It has a size of 74,248,613,888 bytes (69.1 GB) with 648,802,304 bytes (618 MB) used and 73,59,811,584 bytes (68.5 GB) free.

I couldn't see anything inside the BIOS that mentioned a recovery or secondary BIOS other than the "Dual BIOS" option I pointed out in my previous post. When running through POST I saw a "Xpress Recovery 2" option and when I tried to access that it says it wasn't installed. I found the following when I Googled "Xpress Recovery 2": The site doesn't mention BIOS recovery at all. Here's the source: http://www.gigabyte.com/webpage/21/Xpress-Recovery2.html I also noticed that on the motherboard itself there are two chips for the BIOS with one labeled "Main BIOS" and the other is "Backup BIOS". Does that mean this board contains the HPA on the motherboard itself and doesn't touch the HDDs?

OK. I followed exactly what you said and here is what the utility (pressing F8 while in the BIOS) shows: Dual BIOS Utility v2.02 Boot From............................. Main Bios Main ROM Type/Size........ PMC 49FL004T Backup ROM Type/Size.... PMC 49FL004T Wide Range Protection: Disable Boot From: Main Bios Auto Recovery: Enable Halt On Error: Disable Keep DMI Data: Enable Since it shows "Auto Recovery: Enable" and not Enabled does that mean this computer will work?

Thanks for the quick feedback, everyone. Yes, it can boot from USB. The USB options for a boot device in the BIOS show USB-Floppy, USB-Zip (?) USB-CD-ROM or USB-HDD. OK, I'll take a look. If this helps at all the motherboard model is a GA-K8NSNXP-939 Ultra. It does contain a "Dual BIOS" feature which I believe is the same thing as HPA (I'm not sure as I've never heard of HPA until I was researching unRAID.) I checked the BIOS updates and none of them explicitly mention getting rid of the "Dual BIOS" feature, I also couldn't find anything on it in the current BIOS with a quick poke around. I was thinking of just updating to the latest BIOS (It's currently running F2 and the most current release is F9G(!)) but figure I'll get your opinions first, here's a link to the updates: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=1881#bios

So I've been looking at unRAID but am not sure if my hardware is supported as it's kind of old (I bought it in 2004). If unRAID can't support my hardware (or it won't work very well) I understand and I'll just come back when I can purchase something more up-to-date. Also, for the moment I don't have any decently-sized internal HDDs (my largest is a 250GB), only external ones (A 1TB and a 2TB) can unRAID utilize these until I can buy some internal drives? The hardware I am thinking of using is an old gaming machine; I don't remember the exact motherboard model but it's a Gigabyte board with an AGP slot and 4 SATA slots. It has 2GB of Kingston HyperX RAM and a 430W Antec power supply. The CPU is a AMD 3200+ (single-core). I mainly want to use the machine as a music/movie server and was hoping the DVDs I copy to it could be accessed via my PS3. I intend to use this build only for a year or two and then, if I like it, I'll upgrade to a (much) better, newer rig. I'm thinking something "better" than the "Budget Box" but not quite as crazy as the "20 Drive Beast". From what I've seen of the add-ons, I'm only interested in running UnMENU. As for the HDDs, if/when I buy internals I'd more than likely get the WD20EARS.