Web interface not working

[derWinky]

Hello,

my Homeserver was running fine till today.

Its a X99 MSI gaming pro carbon, 6900k 4x8GB RAM, 750 Watt Corsair RMi, GTX 960, Dell Raid Kart in IT mode for more Hard drives.

Today morning i started my Server PC and it was running fine. I turned it off and unscrewed the motherboard to install the IO shield that arrived later than the other parts.

When I turned the PC back on and tried to boot into unraid I couldnt connect to my homenetwork anymore.

Cant access it with remote and when I boot with gui the browser tries to open localhost but it says "unable to connect" and when I open the terminal the PC name is wrong.

When set it up I named it "Lootbox" but now it says root@tower, which was the default at the begining.

Does anyone know how to solve this issue?

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by derWinky

[itimpi]

Looks as if Unraid is failing to find the USB stick for the later stages of the boot process.   It might be worth plugging it into a Windows/Mac system and running a check on it, and also make sure you have not disturbed it’s connection into the server.    Also if possible use a USB2 port (they tend to be more reliable than USB3 ones) and Unraid does not need the performance of USB3 after initial load into RAM.

[derWinky]

I tested it on a very small form factor Dell optiplex and it booted into unraid just as it is supposed to.

I have only used USB3 ports so far, I´ll try booting from a 2.0 port next.

[itimpi]

I was going by your screenshot that said “No medium found on /dev/sda1” which is normally the Unraid boot device and then there were subsequent messages that stated that files on /boot (where the Unraid boot drive gets mounted) could not be found.   That suggested to me an issue with the flash drive.

[derWinky]

OK i just tried it and booted into non safe gui mode and it worked, thanks a lot!!! 

Just for your information, in case someone else experiences similar issues.

Till 3 days ago I used a z97 Board with a i7 4790 non k for my unraid homeserver. I´ve had the USB stick in a 3.0 port all the time without any issues.

But on my new X99 6900k platform it seems to be far more reliable on USB 2.

I got into my interface like 2 out of approximatly 50 trys on USB3, USB2 worked first try.

I´m not gonna digg further into it for today, I´ll just put my PC into a corner and wont turn it off for a view days.

I´ll set it back to its regular place in a few days, which will require to turn it off; So we´ll see if this is a permanent solution to my problem a bit later.

Thanks again for your help.

Please don´t close/lock this thread so I can post here again in a few days.