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Thanks!

Fix Common Problems showed that Disk 1 had read errors (see screenshot). A short smart self-test confirmed it. I have also attached the diagnostics file. I would be grateful for any pointers on how I should proceed. Cheers, Stephen tower-diagnostics-20260227-1553.zip

You mean my syslog? I'll check it. I ran Memtest86 for a while and it reported ECC errors, all corrected. Do I need to act on this? (Memtest86 report attached) MemTest86-Report-20250119-194724.html

Hi - I'm getting this error when "Fix Common Problems" runs. Diagnostics attached. Any help appreciated 😉 tower2-diagnostics-20250119-2129.zip

Thanks Michael

Thanks for the responses - I checked https://horizontechnology.com/news/smart-attributes-for-predicting-hdd-failure/ and the only predictor of drive failure that my drive has is attribute ID 5. My extended SMART self-test shows 8 ID 5 (reallocated sectors) with a threshold of 10, so the drive hasn't reached the threshold yet. The other predictors (ID 187, 188, 197, 198) are all zero. I want to play it safe, but I don't want to replace a HDD needlessly. I understand that nobody can predict a HDD's failure, but would I be over-cautious to replace this HDD, with the only predictor of failure not having even reached the threshold yet?

The 'Array' section of my 'Dashboard' warns that Disk 2 has 1 Smart Error. The 'Attributes' page of Disk 2 shows 8 reallocated sectors. Is this anything to worry about? I have attached screenshots, diagnostics and SMART check files. tower-diagnostics-20241031-2155.zip tower-smart-20241031-2138.zip

Where do I find "/tmp/user.scripts/tmpScripts/Backup" in order to view my rsync logs? Sorry to ask such a basic question, but I have searched the unRaid forums without an answer

Sorry - just did a reboot and no longer getting this warning

I'm getting this warning even after making the recommended change in Docker Settings

Solved - I used the USB Creator tool to recreate the USB stick - no change. Then I followed these instructions which resolved this issue - boot time is now about 2 minutes

I just ran scandisk on the USB drive in my Windows PC, but it found no errors. After error-checking I re-inserted it in the Unraid server, and boot time was about 9 minutes.

I'm experiencing exactly the same issue, and booting takes much longer (maybe 5 minutes) than my other Unraid server. I have included the results of the command 'ls -lah /boot', and attached my diagnostics zip. I would be grateful if someone could check these, and let me know if I should also follow trurl's recommendations. Note that unlike the original poster, I have no '.rec' files. Cheers, Steve root@Tower2:~# ls -lah /boot total 321M drwx------ 9 root root 16K Jan 1 1970 ./ drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 440 Apr 9 15:47 ../ drwx------ 8 root root 16K Mar 8 04:43 .git/ -rw------- 1 root root 180 Dec 12 00:14 .gitattributes drwx------ 3 root root 16K Dec 10 01:59 EFI/ drwx------ 2 root root 16K Dec 10 07:39 System\ Volume\ Information/ -rw------- 1 root root 118M Dec 10 11:20 bzfirmware -rw------- 1 root root 65 Dec 10 11:20 bzfirmware.sha256 -rw------- 1 root root 6.0M Dec 10 11:20 bzimage -rw------- 1 root root 65 Dec 10 11:20 bzimage.sha256 -rw------- 1 root root 20M Dec 10 11:20 bzmodules -rw------- 1 root root 65 Dec 10 11:20 bzmodules.sha256 -rw------- 1 root root 158M Dec 10 11:20 bzroot -rw------- 1 root root 20M Dec 10 11:20 bzroot-gui -rw------- 1 root root 65 Dec 10 11:20 bzroot-gui.sha256 -rw------- 1 root root 65 Dec 10 11:20 bzroot.sha256 -rw------- 1 root root 23K Dec 10 11:20 changes.txt drwx------ 11 root root 16K Apr 9 15:47 config/ -rw------- 1 root root 120K Dec 10 11:20 ldlinux.c32 -rw------- 1 root root 68K Dec 10 11:20 ldlinux.sys -rw------- 1 root root 7.8K Dec 10 11:20 license.txt drwx------ 2 root root 16K Jan 22 14:31 logs/ -rw------- 1 root root 1.8K Dec 10 11:20 make_bootable.bat -rw------- 1 root root 3.3K Dec 10 11:20 make_bootable_linux -rw------- 1 root root 2.4K Dec 10 11:20 make_bootable_mac -rw------- 1 root root 147K Dec 10 11:20 memtest drwx------ 2 root root 16K Jan 21 22:41 preclear_reports/ drwx------ 2 root root 16K Dec 10 01:59 syslinux/ root@Tower2:~# tower2-diagnostics-20230409-1600.zip

Thanks apandey

Hi - I want to use hardlinks to minimize disk activity when using Radarr, Sonarr, etc. I plan to follow the Trash guide for Unraid ( https://trash-guides.info/Hardlinks/How-to-setup-for/Unraid/ ) I noticed that when I created a sub-folder under the top-level share (data), the owner was 'root' and the default permissions were 'drwxr-xr-x'. However my existing "Movies, TVShows, etc' shares are owned by 'nobody' and permissions are 'drwxrwxrwx'. Who and what should the owner and permissions be? In fact, ALL my other shares are owned by 'nobody', and permissions are 'drwxrwxrwx' (I am not concerned about security) My second question concerns moving my existing movie, tv and music files from their current shares to the new sub-folders. Can I simply use rsync or Krusader to move them? I have setup Krusader per Spaceinvaderone's video to allow instant copy/move from share to share, but does this apply to copy/move from share to subfolder under a share?

Memtest ran for 20 hours with no errors, so I replaced the config folder with an earlier one, and all appears good - even Prowlarr configuration which was done after the backup used, and which I expected to lose. SMB networking is working as it should - many thanks to all!

Thanks - i'll try that when memtest has had a good run

The whole flash drive, or just the config folder?

Hi @dlandon - Frank1940 and JorgeB suggested that you might be able to help with my problem. Frank's last suggestion (via PM) was to run memtest which is 3 hours in with no errors so far. If you scroll up you will see my diagnostics attachment, and the section that Frank thinks may pinpoint the problem. I have a Flash drive backup from before the problem started, if that's any help? Hoping you can help, Steve.

Hi Frank1940 - I can open all 3 files in Notepad++. Should I PM them to you? Or supply screenshots?

Thanks guys..I'll hold off on the screenshots until this is sorted

I have followed the Unraid & Windows 10 SMB Setup.pdf you recommended, but I still cannot access this Unraid server via SMB. I have followed the guide to a tee, but still get the failures shown in the accompanying attachments. I can access it by web browser, but I need SMB access for my Windows 11 media player. No problem accessing the other Windows (10 and 11) and Unraid computers by web browser or Windows File Explorer. I have also included another diagnostics file. tower-diagnostics-20230207-1705.zip

I t has occurred to me that I could restore the flash drive to a config that existed before I had to reboot and lost SMB connectivity. My other Unraid server has no SMB connectivity problems, so I assume that flash drive corruption could be ruled out by by restoring an earlier saved flash config. Does this sound reasonable?

Can anyone help with this please? I have followed Frank1940's SMB guide ( ) but I still don't have access to all my media needing SMB access in order to play. Any help appreciated.

Hi - I had a problem with my main Unraid server (TOWER) yesterday - the readout on the 'Main' webpage was constantly changing - no array, no Flash drive, no cache pool, all disks unassigned, etc. I tried to download diagnostics, but got a '404 - not found'. So the diagnostics attached are from after a reboot. After rebooting the array, cache pool, and Flash drive came back, and I can access TOWER from the web gui, but not from Windows File Explorer (see attachments). Disk read/write counters were reset. My backup Unraid server (Tower2) has no such problems, so I presume it is a configuration problem with TOWER. I haven't followed Frank1940's SMB troubleshooting guide yet - I thought I would post my diagnostics and see if someone could see something obvious Cheers, Steve tower-diagnostics-20230206-1009.zip